Which to use
“agathe” and “agitée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,539
- “agathe” frequency rank
- #18,928
- “agitée” frequency rank
- 35467
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agathe | agitée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Variété de tulipes. | Femme agitée. |
Where the eye mixes agathe and agitée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. agathe (VCVCCV) and agitée (VCVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses agathe with agitée
A purely visual mix-up. agathe (\a.ɡat\) and agitée (\a.ʒi.te\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35467, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
agathe is recorded at frequency rank #16,539, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.ɡat\. 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 35467, this pair ranks #276,555 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of agathe vs agitée
Shared letters: aegt. Private to "agathe": h. Private to "agitée": ié.
"agathe" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV · "agitée" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- agathe ← aagthe · agahte · agateh · agathhe · agatthe · aggathe · agtahe · gaathe
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "agathe" for "agitée" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "agathe" or "agitée" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "agathe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "agitée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #276,555 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agathe" and "agitée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agacée vs agitée". 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 #276,555 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.