Which to use
“agacée” is an adjective and “agacer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,465
- “agacée” frequency rank
- #30,043
- “agacer” frequency rank
- 79508
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agacée | agacer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de agacé | Affecter d’une irritation nerveuse. |
Same sound, different letters: agacée vs agacer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. agacée (VCVCVV) and agacer (VCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - agacée and agacer
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: agacée and agacer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.ɡa.se\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79508, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
agacée is recorded at frequency rank #49,465, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.ɡa.se\. agacer is at rank #30,043, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.ɡa.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 79508, this pair ranks #23,110 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of agacée vs agacer
Shared letters: aceg. Private to "agacée": é. Private to "agacer": r.
"agacée" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV · "agacer" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- agacer ← aagcer · agaccer · agacerr · agacre · agaecr · agcaer · aggacer · gaacer
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "agacée" and "agacer" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "agacée" or "agacer"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "agacée" / "agacer". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "agacée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "agacer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #23,110 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agacée" and "agacer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agacée vs agréée". 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 #23,110 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.