Which to use
“inadaptée” and “inadaptés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,318
- “inadaptée” frequency rank
- #40,811
- “inadaptés” frequency rank
- 81129
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | inadaptée | inadaptés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de inadapté. | Masculin pluriel de inadapté. |
Same sound, different letters: inadaptée vs inadaptés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. inadaptée (VCVCVCCVV) and inadaptés (VCVCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - inadaptée and inadaptés
This is the hard kind. inadaptée and inadaptés are pronounced identically (\i.na.dap.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 a single letter - e in “inadaptée” becomes s in “inadaptés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81129, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
inadaptée is recorded at frequency rank #40,318, classified as anadj, pronounced \i.na.dap.te\. inadaptés is at rank #40,811, tagged as anadj, pronounced \i.na.dap.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 81129, this pair ranks #19,424 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of inadaptée vs inadaptés
Shared letters: adinpté. Private to "inadaptée": e. Private to "inadaptés": s.
"inadaptée" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCCVV · "inadaptés" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "inadaptée" for "inadaptés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "inadaptée" or "inadaptés"?
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 "inadaptée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "inadaptés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #19,424 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "inadaptée" and "inadaptés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "inadaptés vs inaptes". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #19,424 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.