Which to use
“abrogation” and “agrégation” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,037
- “abrogation” frequency rank
- #20,040
- “agrégation” frequency rank
- 40077
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | abrogation | agrégation |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action d’abroger. | Action d’agréger, de regrouper des éléments. |
Where the eye mixes abrogation and agrégation
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between abrogation and agrégation
A purely visual mix-up. abrogation (\a.bʁɔ.ɡa.sjɔ̃\) and agrégation (\a.ɡʁe.ɡa.sjɔ̃\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40077, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
abrogation is recorded at frequency rank #20,037, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.bʁɔ.ɡa.sjɔ̃\. agrégation is at rank #20,040, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.ɡʁe.ɡa.sjɔ̃\.
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 40077, this pair ranks #243,219 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of abrogation vs agrégation
Shared letters: aginort. Private to "abrogation": b. Private to "agrégation": é.
"abrogation" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVC · "agrégation" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- abrogation ← abbrogation · aborgation · abrgoation · abroagtion · abrogaiton · abrogatino · abrogationn · abrogatoin
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "abrogation" and "agrégation" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "abrogation" or "agrégation" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "abrogation" and "agrégation" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "abrogation" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "agrégation" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #243,219 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- 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 #243,219 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.