Which to use
“adopter” and “adoptez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,891
- “adopter” frequency rank
- #41,108
- “adoptez” frequency rank
- 44999
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adopter | adoptez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Choisir quelqu’un pour fils ou pour fille et lui en donner les droits civils en remplissant certaines conditions prescrites par la loi. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe adopter. |
Same sound, different letters: adopter vs adoptez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. adopter and adoptez 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 adoptez
This is the hard kind. adopter and adoptez are pronounced identically (\a.dɔp.te\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - r in “adopter” becomes z in “adoptez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44999, 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\. adoptez is at rank #41,108, tagged as averb, 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 44999, this pair ranks #206,176 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of adopter vs adoptez
Shared letters: adeopt. Private to "adopter": r. Private to "adoptez": z.
"adopter" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC · "adoptez" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "adopter" and "adoptez" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "adopter" or "adoptez"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "adopter" / "adoptez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "adopter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "adoptez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #206,176 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adopter" and "adoptez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adoptera vs adoptez". 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 #206,176 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.