Which to use
“agence” and “agonie” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,502
- “agence” frequency rank
- #16,051
- “agonie” frequency rank
- 17553
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agence | agonie |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Organisme gérant des affaires pour le compte d'autrui. | Dernière lutte de la nature contre la mort. |
Where the eye mixes agence and agonie
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. agence (VCVCCV) and agonie (VCVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: agence vs agonie
A purely visual mix-up. agence (\a.ʒɑ̃s\) and agonie (\a.ɡɔ.ni\) 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 17553, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
agence is recorded at frequency rank #1,502, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.ʒɑ̃s\. agonie is at rank #16,051, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.ɡɔ.ni\.
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 17553, this pair ranks #382,598 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of agence vs agonie
Shared letters: aegn. Private to "agence": c. Private to "agonie": io.
"agence" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV · "agonie" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "agence" for "agonie" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "agence" or "agonie" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "agence" and "agonie" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "agence" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "agonie" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #382,598 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agence" and "agonie" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agonie vs Argonne". 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 #382,598 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.