adoréevsadorezWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: adorée is a adjective, adorez is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“adorée” is an adjective and “adorez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#26,949
“adorée” frequency rank
#40,584
“adorez” frequency rank
67533
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature adorée adorez
Definition Féminin singulier de adoré. Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe adorer.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set adorée and adorez apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

6 ch
adorée
6 ch
adorez

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: adorée and adorez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.dɔ.ʁe\. 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 67533, 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\. adorez is at rank #40,584, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.dɔ.ʁe\.

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 67533, this pair ranks #63,006 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of adorée vs adorez

Shared letters: adeor. Private to "adorée": é. Private to "adorez": z.

"adorée" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV  ·  "adorez" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • adorezaddorez · adoerz · adorezz · adorrez · adorze · adroez · aodrez · daorez

Frequency comparison

adorée#26,949
adorez#40,584

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "adorée" and "adorez" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "adorée" is an adjective and "adorez" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "adorée" or "adorez"?
"adorée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,949 in our French list, against #40,584 for "adorez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering adorée vs adorez

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need an adjective, it's “adorée”; for a verb, it's “adorez”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “adorée” entry
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list