Which to use
“adores” and “adorez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,627
- “adores” frequency rank
- #40,584
- “adorez” frequency rank
- 80211
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adores | adorez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de adorer. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe adorer. |
Where the eye mixes adores and adorez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: adores vs adorez
A purely visual mix-up. adores (\a.dɔʁ\) and adorez (\a.dɔ.ʁe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - s in “adores” becomes z in “adorez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80211, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
adores is recorded at frequency rank #39,627, classified as averb, pronounced \a.dɔʁ\. 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 80211, this pair ranks #21,522 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of adores vs adorez
Shared letters: adeor. Private to "adores": s. Private to "adorez": z.
"adores" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC · "adorez" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "adores" and "adorez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "adores" vs "adorez" - which ranks higher?
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 "adores" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "adorez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #21,522 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adores" and "adorez" 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 #21,522 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.