Which to use
“adoptés” and “adoptif” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,536
- “adoptés” frequency rank
- #28,816
- “adoptif” frequency rank
- 45352
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adoptés | adoptif |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de adopté. | Qui a été adopté. |
Where the eye mixes adoptés and adoptif
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. adoptés and adoptif follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between adoptés and adoptif
A purely visual mix-up. adoptés (\a.dɔp.te\) and adoptif (\a.dɔp.tif\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45352, 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\. adoptif is at rank #28,816, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.dɔp.tif\.
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 45352, this pair ranks #203,352 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of adoptés vs adoptif
Shared letters: adopt. Private to "adoptés": sé. Private to "adoptif": fi.
"adoptés" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC · "adoptif" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- adoptif ← addoptif · adopitf · adopptif · adoptfi · adoptiff · adopttif · adotpif · adpotif
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "adoptés" for "adoptif" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "adoptés" or "adoptif" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "adoptés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "adoptif" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #203,352 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adoptés" and "adoptif" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adoptif vs adoptifs". 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 #203,352 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.