Address vs Addresse – What’s the difference?

Address and addresse are two words that can, in some cases, be used interchangeably. However, in the strictest sense of the word, there is a difference between them. Both words mean “a location or building,” but address has a more general meaning than addresse does: it can refer to any type of location or building whereas addresse refers specifically to mailing addresses on letters and packages.

Address vs Addresse

Let’s start with the easy one: address. This is a noun, and it refers to a physical location, like your house or office.

“I live at 2524 Barton Ave., Apt. 4B.”

You can also use it as an adjective: “The package was addressed to me.”

Now for addresse, which is a verb meaning “to write someone’s name on an envelope.” For example: “Please address this letter for me before you mail it.”

Meaning

A ‘address’ is a noun and it’s used to describe the location of a person or thing.

An ‘addresse’ is also a noun and it’s used to describe the location of an organization.

Grammar

Address is a noun, and addresse is a verb. Addresse comes from the French word for address (adresse), which itself comes from ad-, meaning “toward,” and dresser, meaning “to set up.” The English word address means “the place where someone lives or works.” It can also be used as an adjective to describe something pertaining to this location:

• She gave me her new address so that I could send her mail there instead of her old one.
• The company has moved its corporate headquarters from New York City to Boston; we hope this will improve our ability to attract talented people who live near Boston’s universities!

Addresse can refer either specifically to someone’s name and their street address at once (in which case it’s capitalized), or generally just their name:

• Please send all correspondence regarding this matter directly through me; I will make sure it gets into Mr Smith’s hands immediately upon receipt! Please do not send anything else unless specifically requested by him or myself personally – thank you so much for understanding how busy our schedules are right now; hopefully things will pick up soon enough but until then…

How to use it.

Addressee is a person or organization that receives a letter.

Address is the location of a building, place or land.

You can’t use these two words interchangeably!

Address is a noun, and it refers to the place where you live or work. For example: “Please send your payment to my address.”

Addresse is also a noun but it’s used more formally than address. It’s pronounced like adress with an ess sound instead of as in add-ress (as in address). Addresse is used in business letters and emails when writing someone by name rather than their job title or company name, such as “Dear Mr Smith” instead of “Dear Director”.

We hope you now understand the difference between address and addresse. It’s important to know these words so that you can use them correctly in your writing and speech.