Which to use
“adopter” is a verb and “adoptés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,891
- “adopter” frequency rank
- #16,536
- “adoptés” frequency rank
- 20427
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adopter | adoptés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Choisir quelqu’un pour fils ou pour fille et lui en donner les droits civils en remplissant certaines conditions prescrites par la loi. | Masculin pluriel de adopté. |
Same sound, different letters: adopter vs adoptés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. adopter and adoptés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Ear matches; page differs - adopter and adoptés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: adopter and adoptés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.dɔp.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20427, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
adopter is recorded at frequency rank #3,891, classified as averb, pronounced \a.dɔp.te\. adoptés is at rank #16,536, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.dɔp.te\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 20427, this pair ranks #368,322 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of adopter vs adoptés
Shared letters: adopt. Private to "adopter": er. Private to "adoptés": sé.
"adopter" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC · "adoptés" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- adopter ← addopter · adopetr · adoppter · adopterr · adoptre · adoptter · adotper · adpoter
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "adopter" and "adoptés" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "adopter" or "adoptés"?
Useful next steps
"adopter" and "adoptés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "adopter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "adoptés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #368,322 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adopter" and "adoptés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adoptera vs adoptés". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #368,322 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.