adressezvsagresséeWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#28,435
“adressez” frequency rank
#20,039
“agressée” frequency rank
48474
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature adressez agressée
Definition Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe adresser. Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe agresser.

Where the eye mixes adressez and agressée

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

8 ch
adressez
8 ch
agressée

Visual trap between adressez and agressée

A purely visual mix-up. adressez (\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 share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48474, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

adressez is recorded at frequency rank #28,435, 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 48474, this pair ranks #178,608 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of adressez vs agressée

Shared letters: aers. Private to "adressez": dz. Private to "agressée": .

"adressez" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC  ·  "agressée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • adressezaddressez · aderssez · adresesz · adresez · adressezz · adressze · adrressez · adrsesez

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "adressez" 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.
In ordinary French text, does "adressez" or "agressée" show up more?
"agressée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,039 in our French list, against #28,435 for "adressez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "adressez" 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 #178,608 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "adressez" and "agressée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adressera vs adressez". 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 #178,608 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