Which to use
“agente” is a noun and “argentés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #34,396
- “agente” frequency rank
- #43,776
- “argentés” frequency rank
- 78172
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agente | argentés |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Masculin pluriel de argenté. |
Where the eye mixes agente and argentés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. agente runs 6 letters (VCVCCV) against argentés's 8 (VCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses agente with argentés
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: agente is \a.ʒɑ̃t\ while argentés is \aʁ.ʒɑ̃.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78172, 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\. argentés is at rank #43,776, tagged as anadj, pronounced \aʁ.ʒɑ̃.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 78172, this pair ranks #26,433 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of agente vs argentés
Shared letters: aegnt. Private to "agente": -. Private to "argentés": rsé.
"agente" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV · "argentés" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- agente ← aegnte · agenet · agennte · agentte · agetne · aggente · agnete · gaente
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "agente" for "argentés" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "agente" or "argentés" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "agente" and "argentés" 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 "argentés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #26,433 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agente" and "argentés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ardentes vs argentés". 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 #26,433 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.