Which to use
“adultes” and “ajustés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,977
- “adultes” frequency rank
- #43,254
- “ajustés” frequency rank
- 46231
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adultes | ajustés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de adulte. | Masculin pluriel de ajusté. |
Where the eye mixes adultes and ajustés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. adultes and ajustés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: adultes vs ajustés
A purely visual mix-up. adultes (\a.dylt\) and ajustés (\a.ʒys.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46231, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
adultes is recorded at frequency rank #2,977, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.dylt\. ajustés is at rank #43,254, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.ʒys.te\.
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 46231, this pair ranks #196,550 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of adultes vs ajustés
Shared letters: astu. Private to "adultes": del. Private to "ajustés": jé.
"adultes" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC · "ajustés" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- adultes ← addultes · adlutes · adulets · adulltes · adultess · adultse · adulttes · adutles
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "adultes" for "ajustés" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "adultes" or "ajustés" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "adultes" and "ajustés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "adultes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ajustés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #196,550 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adultes" and "ajustés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ajustées vs ajustés". 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 #196,550 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.