ajoutéesvsajustéesWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“ajoutées” and “ajustées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#18,385
“ajoutées” frequency rank
#48,315
“ajustées” frequency rank
66700
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ajoutées ajustées
Definition Féminin pluriel de ajouté. Féminin pluriel de ajusté.

Where the eye mixes ajoutées and ajustées

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. ajoutées (VCVVCVVC) and ajustées (VCVCCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

8 ch
ajoutées
8 ch
ajustées

Look-alike desk: ajoutées vs ajustées

A purely visual mix-up. ajoutées (\a.ʒu.te\) and ajustées (\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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66700, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ajoutées is recorded at frequency rank #18,385, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.ʒu.te\. ajustées is at rank #48,315, 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 66700, this pair ranks #66,663 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of ajoutées vs ajustées

Shared letters: aejstué. Private to "ajoutées": o. Private to "ajustées": -.

"ajoutées" · 8 letters · shape VCVVCVVC  ·  "ajustées" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ajoutées" for "ajustées" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\a.ʒu.te\ versus \a.ʒys.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "ajoutées" or "ajustées" show up more?
"ajoutées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,385 in our French list, against #48,315 for "ajustées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ajoutées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ajustées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #66,663 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ajoutées" and "ajustées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ajustées vs ajustés". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #66,663 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list