Which to use
“adresser” and “adressez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,723
- “adresser” frequency rank
- #28,435
- “adressez” frequency rank
- 34158
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adresser | adressez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Envoyer directement à une personne, en un lieu. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe adresser. |
Same sound, different letters: adresser vs adressez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. adresser and adressez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Same sound, different spelling - adresser / adressez
This is the hard kind. adresser and adressez are pronounced identically (\a.dʁe.se\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - r in “adresser” becomes z in “adressez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34158, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
adresser is recorded at frequency rank #5,723, classified as averb, pronounced \a.dʁe.se\. 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 34158, this pair ranks #285,770 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of adresser vs adressez
Shared letters: aders. Private to "adresser": -. Private to "adressez": z.
"adresser" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "adressez" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "adresser" and "adressez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "adresser" vs "adressez" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "adresser" 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 #285,770 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adresser" 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 #285,770 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.