Which to use
“adressée” and “agresser” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,588
- “adressée” frequency rank
- #13,504
- “agresser” frequency rank
- 23092
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adressée | agresser |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe adresser. | Entamer par la force, par la contrainte, par la surprise ou par la ruse l’intégrité physique, psychologique ou sexuelle d’une personne. |
Where the eye mixes adressée and agresser
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between adressée and agresser
A purely visual mix-up. adressée (\a.dʁe.se\) and agresser (\a.ɡʁe.se\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23092, 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\. agresser is at rank #13,504, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.ɡʁe.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 23092, this pair ranks #354,403 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of adressée vs agresser
Shared letters: aers. Private to "adressée": dé. Private to "agresser": g.
"adressée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV · "agresser" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- agresser ← agersser · aggresser · agreser · agresesr · agresserr · agressre · agrresser · agrseser
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "adressée" and "agresser" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "adressée" or "agresser"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "adressée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "agresser" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #354,403 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adressée" and "agresser" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agressées vs agresser". 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 #354,403 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.