Which to use
“adresses” is a noun and “adressons” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,781
- “adresses” frequency rank
- #46,559
- “adressons” frequency rank
- 54340
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adresses | adressons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de adresse. | Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe adresser. |
Where the eye mixes adresses and adressons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. adresses runs 8 letters (VCCVCCVC) against adressons's 9 (VCCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between adresses and adressons
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: adresses is \a.dʁɛs\ while adressons is \a.dʁe.sɔ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54340, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
adresses is recorded at frequency rank #7,781, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.dʁɛs\. adressons is at rank #46,559, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.dʁe.sɔ̃\.
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 54340, this pair ranks #134,697 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of adresses vs adressons
Shared letters: aders. Private to "adresses": -. Private to "adressons": no.
"adresses" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "adressons" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "adresses" for "adressons" ever safe?
Frequency check: "adresses" vs "adressons" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "adresses" and "adressons" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "adresses" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "adressons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #134,697 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adresses" and "adressons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adhésions 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 #134,697 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.