Which to use
“abrégé” is a noun and “agrégés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,322
- “abrégé” frequency rank
- #47,713
- “agrégés” frequency rank
- 65035
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | abrégé | agrégés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Écrit ou discours dans lequel on rend d’une manière succincte ce qui est ou ce qui pourrait être plus développé. | Masculin pluriel de agrégé. |
Where the eye mixes abrégé and agrégés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses abrégé with agrégés
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: abrégé is \a.bʁe.ʒe\ while agrégés is \a.ɡʁe.ʒe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65035, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
abrégé is recorded at frequency rank #17,322, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.bʁe.ʒe\. agrégés is at rank #47,713, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.ɡʁe.ʒe\.
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 65035, this pair ranks #74,173 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of abrégé vs agrégés
Shared letters: agré. Private to "abrégé": b. Private to "agrégés": s.
"abrégé" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "agrégés" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "abrégé" for "agrégés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "abrégé" or "agrégés"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "abrégé" and "agrégés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "abrégé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "agrégés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #74,173 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "abrégé" and "agrégés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agrégat vs agrégés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #74,173 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.