Which to use
“adressées” and “agressés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,730
- “adressées” frequency rank
- #29,625
- “agressés” frequency rank
- 49355
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adressées | agressés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe adresser. | Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe agresser. |
Where the eye mixes adressées and agressés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. adressées runs 9 letters (VCCVCCVVC) against agressés's 8 (VCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: adressées vs agressés
A purely visual mix-up. adressées (\a.dʁe.se\) and agressés (\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 49355, 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\. agressés is at rank #29,625, 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 49355, this pair ranks #171,374 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of adressées vs agressés
Shared letters: aersé. Private to "adressées": d. Private to "agressés": g.
"adressées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC · "agressés" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "adressées" for "agressés" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "adressées" or "agressés" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "adressées" and "agressés" 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 "agressés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #171,374 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adressées" and "agressés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agrégés vs agressés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #171,374 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.