Which to use
“Adresse” is a noun and “agressée” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #955
- “Adresse” frequency rank
- #20,039
- “agressée” frequency rank
- 20994
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Adresse | agressée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Adresse (dans le sens du lieu de résidence, de l’adresse informatique), coordonnées (principalement utilisé en Suisse). | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe agresser. |
Where the eye mixes Adresse and agressée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses Adresse with agressée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Adresse is \a.ˈdrɛ.sə\ while agressée is \a.ɡʁɛ.se\. 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 20994, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Adresse is recorded at frequency rank #955, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.ˈdrɛ.sə\. agressée is at rank #20,039, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.ɡʁɛ.se\.
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 20994, this pair ranks #365,415 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Adresse vs agressée
Shared letters: aers. Private to "Adresse": d. Private to "agressée": gé.
"Adresse" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "agressée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- Adresse ← addresse · adersse · adrese · adreses · adrresse · adrsese · ardesse · daresse
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Adresse" for "agressée" ever safe?
Which is more common, "Adresse" or "agressée"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "Adresse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "agressée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #365,415 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Adresse" and "agressée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agrégée vs agressée". 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 #365,415 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.