Which to use
“adultère” and “adultes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,079
- “adultère” frequency rank
- #2,977
- “adultes” frequency rank
- 18056
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adultère | adultes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui viole le serment de fidélité conjugale. | Pluriel de adulte. |
Where the eye mixes adultère and adultes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. adultère runs 8 letters (VCVCCVCV) against adultes's 7 (VCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between adultère and adultes
A purely visual mix-up. adultère (\a.dyl.tɛʁ\) and adultes (\a.dylt\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18056, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
adultère is recorded at frequency rank #15,079, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.dyl.tɛʁ\. adultes is at rank #2,977, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.dylt\.
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 18056, this pair ranks #380,208 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of adultère vs adultes
Shared letters: adeltu. Private to "adultère": rè. Private to "adultes": s.
"adultère" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV · "adultes" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- adultes ← addultes · adlutes · adulets · adulltes · adultess · adultse · adulttes · adutles
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "adultère" for "adultes" ever safe?
Which is more common, "adultère" or "adultes"?
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 "adultère" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "adultes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #380,208 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adultère" and "adultes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adulé vs adultes". 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 #380,208 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.