Which to use
“âgée” and “âgés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,357
- “âgée” frequency rank
- #7,016
- “âgés” frequency rank
- 13373
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | âgée | âgés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier d’âgé. | Masculin pluriel de âgé. |
Same sound, different letters: âgée vs âgés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 3 letters. âgée (VCVV) and âgés (VCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - âgée / âgés
This is the hard kind. âgée and âgés are pronounced identically (\a.ʒe\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - e in “âgée” becomes s in “âgés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13373, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
âgée is recorded at frequency rank #6,357, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.ʒe\. âgés is at rank #7,016, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.ʒe\.
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 13373, this pair ranks #401,283 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of âgée vs âgés
Shared letters: gâé. Private to "âgée": e. Private to "âgés": s.
"âgée" · 4 letters · shape VCVV · "âgés" · 4 letters · shape VCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "âgée" and "âgés" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "âgée" vs "âgés" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "âgée" / "âgés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "âgée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "âgés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #401,283 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "âgée" and "âgés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "âgés vs aves". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #401,283 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.