Which to use
“abrite” is a verb and “agité” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,106
- “abrite” frequency rank
- #14,594
- “agité” frequency rank
- 23700
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | abrite | agité |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe abriter. | Qui est animé d’un mouvement vif et irrégulier. |
Where the eye mixes abrite and agité
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between abrite and agité
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: abrite is \a.bʁit\ while agité is \a.ʒi.te\. 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 (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23700, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
abrite is recorded at frequency rank #9,106, classified as averb, pronounced \a.bʁit\. agité is at rank #14,594, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.ʒi.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 23700, this pair ranks #350,954 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of abrite vs agité
Shared letters: ait. Private to "abrite": ber. Private to "agité": gé.
"abrite" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "agité" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- abrite ← abbrite · abirte · abriet · abritte · abrrite · abrtie · arbite · barite
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "abrite" for "agité" ever safe?
Frequency check: "abrite" vs "agité" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "abrite" and "agité" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "abrite" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "agité" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #350,954 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "abrite" and "agité" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agité vs alizé". 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 #350,954 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.