Which to use
“adressée” is a verb and “adresses” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,588
- “adressée” frequency rank
- #7,781
- “adresses” frequency rank
- 17369
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adressée | adresses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe adresser. | Pluriel de adresse. |
Where the eye mixes adressée and adresses
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. adressée (VCCVCCVV) and adresses (VCCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between adressée and adresses
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: adressée is \a.dʁe.se\ while adresses is \a.dʁɛs\. 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17369, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
adressée is recorded at frequency rank #9,588, classified as averb, pronounced \a.dʁe.se\. adresses is at rank #7,781, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.dʁɛs\.
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 17369, this pair ranks #383,522 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of adressée vs adresses
Shared letters: aders. Private to "adressée": é. Private to "adresses": -.
"adressée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV · "adresses" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- adresses ← addresses · adersses · adresess · adressess · adressse · adrresses · adrseses · ardesses
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "adressée" and "adresses" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "adressée" vs "adresses" - 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 "adressée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "adresses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #383,522 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adressée" and "adresses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adresses vs adressons". 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 #383,522 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.