ADRvsagirWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: ADR is a noun, agir is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“ADR” is a noun and “agir” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#45,414
“ADR” frequency rank
#1,760
“agir” frequency rank
47174
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ADR agir
Definition Accord relatif au transport international des marchandises dangereuses par route, fixant les conditions d’emballage, d’étiquetage des marchandises dangereuses, ainsi que celles concernant les véhicules utilisés et le transport lui-même. Faire quelque chose.

Where the eye mixes ADR and agir

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

3 ch
ADR
4 ch
agir

Visual trap between ADR and agir

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: ADR is \ɑ.de.ɛʁ\ while agir is \a.ʒiʁ\. 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 verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47174, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ADR is recorded at frequency rank #45,414, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɑ.de.ɛʁ\. agir is at rank #1,760, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.ʒiʁ\.

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 47174, this pair ranks #188,983 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ADR vs agir

Shared letters: ar. Private to "ADR": d. Private to "agir": gi.

"ADR" · 3 letters · shape VCC  ·  "agir" · 4 letters · shape VCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • agiraggir · agirr · aigr · gair

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "ADR" and "agir" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ADR" is a noun and "agir" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "ADR" vs "agir" - which ranks higher?
"agir" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,760 in our French list, against #45,414 for "ADR". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "ADR" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "agir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #188,983 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ADR" and "agir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ADR vs aur". 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 #188,983 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list