Which to use
“adorée” is an adjective and “adores” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #26,949
- “adorée” frequency rank
- #39,627
- “adores” frequency rank
- 66576
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adorée | adores |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de adoré. | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de adorer. |
Where the eye mixes adorée and adores
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. adorée (VCVCVV) and adores (VCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between adorée and adores
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: adorée is \a.dɔ.ʁe\ while adores is \a.dɔʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66576, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
adorée is recorded at frequency rank #26,949, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.dɔ.ʁe\. adores is at rank #39,627, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.dɔʁ\.
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 66576, this pair ranks #67,202 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of adorée vs adores
Shared letters: adeor. Private to "adorée": é. Private to "adores": s.
"adorée" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV · "adores" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- adores ← addores · adoers · adoress · adorres · adorse · adroes · aodres · daores
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "adorée" for "adores" ever safe?
Frequency check: "adorée" vs "adores" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "adorée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "adores" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #67,202 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adorée" and "adores" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adores vs avoues". 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 #67,202 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.