Which to use
“ajout” and “ajoutes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,930
- “ajout” frequency rank
- #37,160
- “ajoutes” frequency rank
- 45090
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ajout | ajoutes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Chose ajoutée à une autre | Pluriel de ajoute. |
Where the eye mixes ajout and ajoutes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: ajout vs ajoutes
A purely visual mix-up. ajout (\a.ʒu\) and ajoutes (\a.ʒut\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “ajout” sits inside “ajoutes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45090, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ajout is recorded at frequency rank #7,930, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.ʒu\. ajoutes is at rank #37,160, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.ʒut\.
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 45090, this pair ranks #205,480 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ajout vs ajoutes
Shared letters: ajotu. Private to "ajout": -. Private to "ajoutes": es.
"ajout" · 5 letters · shape VCVVC · "ajoutes" · 7 letters · shape VCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "ajout" and "ajoutes" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "ajout" or "ajoutes" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "ajout" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ajoutes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #205,480 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ajout" and "ajoutes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ajoutes vs avoues". 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 #205,480 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.