Which to use
“adressée” and “agresse” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,588
- “adressée” frequency rank
- #26,606
- “agresse” frequency rank
- 36194
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adressée | agresse |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe adresser. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe agresser. |
Where the eye mixes adressée and agresse
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between adressée and agresse
A purely visual mix-up. adressée (\a.dʁe.se\) and agresse (\a.ɡʁɛs\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36194, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
adressée is recorded at frequency rank #9,588, classified as averb, pronounced \a.dʁe.se\. agresse is at rank #26,606, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.ɡʁɛs\.
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 36194, this pair ranks #271,358 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of adressée vs agresse
Shared letters: aers. Private to "adressée": dé. Private to "agresse": g.
"adressée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV · "agresse" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- agresse ← agersse · aggresse · agrese · agreses · agrresse · agrsese · argesse · garesse
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "adressée" and "agresse" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "adressée" vs "agresse" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "adressée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "agresse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #271,358 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adressée" and "agresse" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agrégée vs agresse". 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 #271,358 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.