agacéevsagitéeWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: agacée is a adjective, agitée is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“agacée” is an adjective and “agitée” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#49,465
“agacée” frequency rank
#18,928
“agitée” frequency rank
68393
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agacée agitée
Definition Féminin singulier de agacé Femme agitée.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set agacée and agitée apart are highlighted. They share 4 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

6 ch
agacée
6 ch
agitée

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: agacée is \a.ɡa.se\ while agitée is \a.ʒi.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68393, 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\. agitée is at rank #18,928, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.ʒi.te\.

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 68393, this pair ranks #59,365 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of agacée vs agitée

Shared letters: aegé. Private to "agacée": c. Private to "agitée": it.

"agacée" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV  ·  "agitée" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV

Frequency comparison

agacée#49,465
agitée#18,928

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "agacée" and "agitée" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "agacée" is an adjective and "agitée" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "agacée" or "agitée"?
"agitée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,928 in our French list, against #49,465 for "agacée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering agacée vs agitée

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need an adjective, it's “agacée”; for a noun, it's “agitée”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “agacée” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list