ajustée vs ajustées, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#37,161
“ajustée” frequency rank: #48,315
“ajustées” frequency rank: 85476
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	ajustée	ajustées
Definition	Féminin singulier de ajusté.	Féminin pluriel de ajusté.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set ajustée and ajustées apart are highlighted. They share 7 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

7 ch

ajustée

8 ch

ajustées

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

This is the hard kind. ajustée and ajustées are pronounced identically (\a.ʒys.te\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “ajustée” sits inside “ajustées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85476, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ajustée is recorded at frequency rank #37,161, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.ʒys.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 85476, this pair ranks #11,316 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of ajustée vs ajustées

Shared letters: aejstué. Private to "ajustée": -. Private to "ajustées": -.

"ajustée" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVV · "ajustées" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVVC

Frequency comparison

ajustée#37,161

ajustées#48,315

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "ajustée" and "ajustées" be used interchangeably?

No. They are pronounced the same (\a.ʒys.te\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.

Which is more common, "ajustée" or "ajustées"?

"ajustée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #37,161 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.

Remembering ajustée vs ajustées

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Read both glosses above and match the meaning you intend, only context separates this pair.
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