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“abonné” and “agonie” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,162
- “abonné” frequency rank
- #16,051
- “agonie” frequency rank
- 27213
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | abonné | agonie |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne qui a contracté un abonnement. | Dernière lutte de la nature contre la mort. |
Where the eye mixes abonné and agonie
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: abonné vs agonie
A purely visual mix-up. abonné (\a.bɔ.ne\) and agonie (\a.ɡɔ.ni\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27213, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
abonné is recorded at frequency rank #11,162, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.bɔ.ne\. agonie is at rank #16,051, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.ɡɔ.ni\.
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 27213, this pair ranks #330,405 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of abonné vs agonie
Shared letters: ano. Private to "abonné": bé. Private to "agonie": egi.
"abonné" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV · "agonie" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- agonie ← aggonie · agnoie · agoine · agonei · agonnie · aognie · gaonie
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "abonné" and "agonie" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "abonné" or "agonie" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "abonné" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "agonie" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #330,405 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "abonné" and "agonie" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agonie vs Argonne". 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 #330,405 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.