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.
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?
Frequency check: "adressées" vs "agressée" - which ranks higher?
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 "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.