Which to use
“acides” and “agiles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,646
- “acides” frequency rank
- #39,140
- “agiles” frequency rank
- 47786
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | acides | agiles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de acide. | Pluriel de agile. |
Where the eye mixes acides and agiles
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. acides and agiles follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses acides with agiles
A purely visual mix-up. acides (\a.sid\) and agiles (\a.ʒil\) 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 47786, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
acides is recorded at frequency rank #8,646, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.sid\. agiles is at rank #39,140, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.ʒil\.
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 47786, this pair ranks #184,162 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of acides vs agiles
Shared letters: aeis. Private to "acides": cd. Private to "agiles": gl.
"acides" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC · "agiles" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "acides" and "agiles" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "acides" vs "agiles" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "acides" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "agiles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #184,162 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "acides" and "agiles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agiles vs agitées". 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 #184,162 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.