Which to use
“abréger” is a verb and “agrégés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,792
- “abréger” frequency rank
- #47,713
- “agrégés” frequency rank
- 83505
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | abréger | agrégés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Rendre plus court. | Masculin pluriel de agrégé. |
Where the eye mixes abréger and agrégés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between abréger and agrégés
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: abréger is \a.bʁe.ʒe\ while agrégés is \a.ɡʁe.ʒe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 83505, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
abréger is recorded at frequency rank #35,792, classified as averb, 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 83505, this pair ranks #14,690 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of abréger vs agrégés
Shared letters: agré. Private to "abréger": be. Private to "agrégés": s.
"abréger" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "agrégés" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "abréger" for "agrégés" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "abréger" or "agrégés" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "abréger" and "agrégés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "abréger" 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 #14,690 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "abréger" and "agrégés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agrégat vs agrégés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #14,690 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.