Which to use
“adoptés” is an adjective and “adoptez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,536
- “adoptés” frequency rank
- #41,108
- “adoptez” frequency rank
- 57644
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adoptés | adoptez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de adopté. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe adopter. |
Same sound, different letters: adoptés vs adoptez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. adoptés and adoptez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Same sound, different spelling - adoptés / adoptez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: adoptés and adoptez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.dɔp.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, 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 57644, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
adoptés is recorded at frequency rank #16,536, classified as anadj, 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 57644, this pair ranks #113,785 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of adoptés vs adoptez
Shared letters: adopt. Private to "adoptés": sé. Private to "adoptez": ez.
"adoptés" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC · "adoptez" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- adoptez ← addoptez · adopetz · adopptez · adoptezz · adopttez · adoptze · adotpez · adpotez
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "adoptés" and "adoptez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "adoptés" or "adoptez"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "adoptés" / "adoptez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "adoptés" 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 #113,785 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adoptés" 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 #113,785 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.