Which to use
“adulé” and “agile” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,415
- “adulé” frequency rank
- #21,229
- “agile” frequency rank
- 66644
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adulé | agile |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qualifie une personne ou une entité flattée avec excès. | Qui a des facilités pour agir ou se mouvoir, dispos, léger, souple. |
Where the eye mixes adulé and agile
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. adulé and agile follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between adulé and agile
A purely visual mix-up. adulé (\a.dy.le\) and agile (\a.ʒil\) 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 66644, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
adulé is recorded at frequency rank #45,415, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.dy.le\. agile is at rank #21,229, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.ʒil\.
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 66644, this pair ranks #66,938 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of adulé vs agile
Shared letters: al. Private to "adulé": dué. Private to "agile": egi.
"adulé" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "agile" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- agile ← aggile · agiel · agille · aglie · gaile
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "adulé" and "agile" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "adulé" vs "agile" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "adulé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "agile" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #66,938 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adulé" and "agile" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adulé vs Aure". 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 #66,938 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.