Which to use
“adressez” and “agresser” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,435
- “adressez” frequency rank
- #13,504
- “agresser” frequency rank
- 41939
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adressez | agresser |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe adresser. | Entamer par la force, par la contrainte, par la surprise ou par la ruse l’intégrité physique, psychologique ou sexuelle d’une personne. |
Where the eye mixes adressez and agresser
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. adressez and agresser follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses adressez with agresser
A purely visual mix-up. adressez (\a.dʁe.se\) and agresser (\a.ɡʁe.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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41939, 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\. agresser is at rank #13,504, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.ɡʁe.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 41939, this pair ranks #229,429 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of adressez vs agresser
Shared letters: aers. Private to "adressez": dz. Private to "agresser": g.
"adressez" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "agresser" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "adressez" for "agresser" ever safe?
Frequency check: "adressez" vs "agresser" - which ranks higher?
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 "agresser" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #229,429 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adressez" and "agresser" 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 #229,429 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.