adresséesvsagresséeConfusable pair

Which to use

“adressées” and “agressée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#19,730
“adressées” frequency rank
#20,039
“agressée” frequency rank
39769
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature adressées agressée
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe adresser. Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe agresser.

Where the eye mixes adressées and agressée

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. adressées runs 9 letters (VCCVCCVVC) against agressée's 8 (VCCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
adressées
8 ch
agressée

Look-alike desk: adressées vs agressée

A purely visual mix-up. adressées (\a.dʁe.se\) and agressée (\a.ɡʁɛ.se\) 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 39769, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

adressées is recorded at frequency rank #19,730, classified as averb, pronounced \a.dʁe.se\. 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 39769, this pair ranks #245,525 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of adressées vs agressée

Shared letters: aersé. Private to "adressées": d. Private to "agressée": g.

"adressées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC  ·  "agressée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "adressées" and "agressée" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\a.dʁe.se\ versus \a.ɡʁɛ.se\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "adressées" vs "agressée" - which ranks higher?
"adressées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,730 in our French list, against #20,039 for "agressée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "adressées" 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 #245,525 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "adressées" and "agressée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adressées vs adressons". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #245,525 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