Which to use
“adressent” is a verb and “adresses” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,537
- “adressent” frequency rank
- #7,781
- “adresses” frequency rank
- 24318
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adressent | adresses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe adresser. | Pluriel de adresse. |
Same sound, different letters: adressent vs adresses
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. adressent runs 9 letters (VCCVCCVCC) against adresses's 8 (VCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - adressent and adresses
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: adressent and adresses carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.dʁɛs\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24318, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
adressent is recorded at frequency rank #16,537, classified as averb, pronounced \a.dʁɛs\. 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 24318, this pair ranks #347,284 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of adressent vs adresses
Shared letters: aders. Private to "adressent": nt. Private to "adresses": -.
"adressent" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCC · "adresses" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "adressent" and "adresses" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "adressent" vs "adresses" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "adressent" / "adresses". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "adressent" 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 #347,284 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adressent" and "adresses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adressent 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 #347,284 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.