Which to use
“Adresse” is a noun and “adressez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #955
- “Adresse” frequency rank
- #28,435
- “adressez” frequency rank
- 29390
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Adresse | adressez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Adresse (dans le sens du lieu de résidence, de l’adresse informatique), coordonnées (principalement utilisé en Suisse). | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe adresser. |
Where the eye mixes Adresse and adressez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses Adresse with adressez
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Adresse is \a.ˈdrɛ.sə\ while adressez is \a.dʁe.se\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “Adresse” sits inside “adressez”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29390, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Adresse is recorded at frequency rank #955, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.ˈdrɛ.sə\. adressez is at rank #28,435, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.dʁe.se\.
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 29390, this pair ranks #316,991 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Adresse vs adressez
Shared letters: aders. Private to "Adresse": -. Private to "adressez": z.
"Adresse" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "adressez" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Adresse" and "adressez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "Adresse" or "adressez"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "Adresse" and "adressez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Adresse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "adressez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #316,991 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Adresse" and "adressez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adressera vs adressez". 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 #316,991 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.