Which to use
“ajustées” is an adjective and “ajuster” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,315
- “ajustées” frequency rank
- #13,307
- “ajuster” frequency rank
- 61622
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ajustées | ajuster |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de ajusté. | Accommoder une chose, l’adapter à une autre. |
Same sound, different letters: ajustées vs ajuster
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. ajustées runs 8 letters (VCVCCVVC) against ajuster's 7 (VCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - ajustées and ajuster
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: ajustées and ajuster carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.ʒys.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61622, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ajustées is recorded at frequency rank #48,315, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.ʒys.te\. ajuster is at rank #13,307, tagged as averb, 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 61622, this pair ranks #91,301 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ajustées vs ajuster
Shared letters: aejstu. Private to "ajustées": é. Private to "ajuster": r.
"ajustées" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVVC · "ajuster" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- ajuster ← ajjuster · ajsuter · ajusetr · ajusster · ajusterr · ajustre · ajustter · ajutser
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "ajustées" and "ajuster" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "ajustées" or "ajuster"?
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 "ajustées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ajuster" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #91,301 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ajustées" and "ajuster" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ajustées vs ajustés". 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 #91,301 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.