Which to use
“ajouta” is a verb and “ajouts” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #26,248
- “ajouta” frequency rank
- #26,609
- “ajouts” frequency rank
- 52857
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ajouta | ajouts |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe ajouter. | Pluriel de ajout. |
Where the eye mixes ajouta and ajouts
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. ajouta (VCVVCV) and ajouts (VCVVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses ajouta with ajouts
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: ajouta is \a.ʒu.ta\ while ajouts is \a.ʒu\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “ajouta” becomes s in “ajouts”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52857, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ajouta is recorded at frequency rank #26,248, classified as averb, pronounced \a.ʒu.ta\. ajouts is at rank #26,609, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.ʒu\.
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 52857, this pair ranks #144,778 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ajouta vs ajouts
Shared letters: ajotu. Private to "ajouta": -. Private to "ajouts": s.
"ajouta" · 6 letters · shape VCVVCV · "ajouts" · 6 letters · shape VCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ajouta" for "ajouts" ever safe?
Frequency check: "ajouta" vs "ajouts" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "ajouta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ajouts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #144,778 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ajouta" and "ajouts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ajouts 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 #144,778 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.