Which to use
“agacement” and “agrément” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,539
- “agacement” frequency rank
- #11,518
- “agrément” frequency rank
- 45057
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agacement | agrément |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action d’agacer, sentiment ; impression qu’on y éprouve. | Action d’agréer. |
Where the eye mixes agacement and agrément
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. agacement runs 9 letters (VCVCVCVCC) against agrément's 8 (VCCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between agacement and agrément
A purely visual mix-up. agacement (\a.ɡas.mɑ̃\) and agrément (\a.ɡʁe.mɑ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45057, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
agacement is recorded at frequency rank #33,539, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.ɡas.mɑ̃\. agrément is at rank #11,518, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.ɡʁe.mɑ̃\.
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 45057, this pair ranks #205,746 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of agacement vs agrément
Shared letters: aegmnt. Private to "agacement": c. Private to "agrément": ré.
"agacement" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVCC · "agrément" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- agacement ← aagcement · agaccement · agaceemnt · agacemennt · agacementt · agacemetn · agacemment · agacemnet
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "agacement" and "agrément" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "agacement" or "agrément" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "agacement" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "agrément" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #205,746 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agacement" and "agrément" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agacement vs agreement". 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 #205,746 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.