# adoption vs adoptive

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### adoption
*noun · IPA \a.dɔp.sjɔ̃\ · frequency rank #3,892*
Action d’adopter.

### adoptive
*adjective · IPA \a.dɔp.tiv\ · frequency rank #29,213*
Féminin singulier de adoptif.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/adoption-vs-adoptive