Which to use
“agace” is a noun and “Agde” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,638
- “agace” frequency rank
- #25,875
- “Agde” frequency rank
- 44513
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agace | Agde |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nom vulgaire de la pie bavarde dans plusieurs parties de la France ou de la Belgique. On trouve les graphies agace, agasse, agache. | Commune française, située dans le département de l’Hérault. |
Where the eye mixes agace and Agde
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. agace runs 5 letters (VCVCV) against Agde's 4 (VCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: agace vs Agde
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: agace is \a.ɡas\ while Agde is \aɡd\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44513, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
agace is recorded at frequency rank #18,638, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.ɡas\. Agde is at rank #25,875, tagged as aname, pronounced \aɡd\.
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 44513, this pair ranks #209,924 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of agace vs Agde
Shared letters: aeg. Private to "agace": c. Private to "Agde": d.
"agace" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "Agde" · 4 letters · shape VCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "agace" for "Agde" ever safe?
Which is more common, "agace" or "Agde"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "agace" and "Agde" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "agace" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Agde" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #209,924 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agace" and "Agde" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Agde 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 #209,924 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.