Which to use
“adressez” and “agressés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,435
- “adressez” frequency rank
- #29,625
- “agressés” frequency rank
- 58060
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adressez | agressés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe adresser. | Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe agresser. |
Where the eye mixes adressez and agressés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. adressez and agressés 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 agressés
A purely visual mix-up. adressez (\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 share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58060, 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\. 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 58060, this pair ranks #111,299 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of adressez vs agressés
Shared letters: aers. Private to "adressez": dz. Private to "agressés": gé.
"adressez" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "agressés" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- adressez ← addressez · aderssez · adresesz · adresez · adressezz · adressze · adrressez · adrsesez
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "adressez" and "agressés" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "adressez" vs "agressés" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "adressez" and "agressés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "adressez" 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 #111,299 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adressez" and "agressés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agrégés vs agressés". 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 #111,299 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.