Which to use
“adressées” and “agressées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,730
- “adressées” frequency rank
- #43,252
- “agressées” frequency rank
- 62982
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adressées | agressées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe adresser. | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe agresser. |
Where the eye mixes adressées and agressées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. adressées and agressées follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses adressées with agressées
A purely visual mix-up. adressées (\a.dʁe.se\) and agressées (\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 a single letter - d in “adressées” becomes g in “agressées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62982, 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\. agressées is at rank #43,252, 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 62982, this pair ranks #84,251 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of adressées vs agressées
Shared letters: aersé. Private to "adressées": d. Private to "agressées": g.
"adressées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC · "agressées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "adressées" for "agressées" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "adressées" or "agressées" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "adressées" and "agressées" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "adressées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "agressées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #84,251 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adressées" and "agressées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agréées vs agressées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #84,251 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.