Which to use
“ajoute” and “ajoutes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,897
- “ajoute” frequency rank
- #37,160
- “ajoutes” frequency rank
- 39057
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ajoute | ajoutes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Annexe, supplément, quelque chose que l’on rajoute après coup. | Pluriel de ajoute. |
Same sound, different letters: ajoute vs ajoutes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. ajoute runs 6 letters (VCVVCV) against ajoutes's 7 (VCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - ajoute / ajoutes
This is the hard kind. ajoute and ajoutes are pronounced identically (\a.ʒut\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “ajoute” sits inside “ajoutes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39057, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ajoute is recorded at frequency rank #1,897, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.ʒut\. 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 39057, this pair ranks #250,822 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ajoute vs ajoutes
Shared letters: aejotu. Private to "ajoute": -. Private to "ajoutes": s.
"ajoute" · 6 letters · shape VCVVCV · "ajoutes" · 7 letters · shape VCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "ajoute" and "ajoutes" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "ajoute" vs "ajoutes" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "ajoute" 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 #250,822 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ajoute" 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 #250,822 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.