Which to use
“agente” and “agonie” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,396
- “agente” frequency rank
- #16,051
- “agonie” frequency rank
- 50447
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agente | agonie |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celle qui est chargée d’une fonction, d’une mission, soit par un gouvernement soit par une administration, soit par un ou plusieurs particuliers. | Dernière lutte de la nature contre la mort. |
Where the eye mixes agente and agonie
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. agente (VCVCCV) and agonie (VCVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between agente and agonie
A purely visual mix-up. agente (\a.ʒɑ̃t\) 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 50447, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
agente is recorded at frequency rank #34,396, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.ʒɑ̃t\. 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 50447, this pair ranks #162,552 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of agente vs agonie
Shared letters: aegn. Private to "agente": t. Private to "agonie": io.
"agente" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV · "agonie" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "agente" and "agonie" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "agente" vs "agonie" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "agente" and "agonie" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "agente" 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 #162,552 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agente" and "agonie" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agente vs argents". 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 #162,552 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.