Which to use
“âgées” and “âgés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,259
- “âgées” frequency rank
- #7,016
- “âgés” frequency rank
- 13275
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | âgées | âgés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de âgé. | Masculin pluriel de âgé. |
Same sound, different letters: âgées vs âgés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - âgées / âgés
This is the hard kind. âgées 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13275, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
âgées is recorded at frequency rank #6,259, 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 13275, this pair ranks #401,697 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of âgées vs âgés
Shared letters: gsâé. Private to "âgées": e. Private to "âgés": -.
"âgées" · 5 letters · shape VCVVC · "âgés" · 4 letters · shape VCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "âgées" and "âgés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "âgées" or "âgés" show up more?
After this comparison
"âgées" and "âgés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "âgées" 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 #401,697 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "âgées" and "âgés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "âgés vs aves". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #401,697 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.