Which to use
“aggrave” and “aggravée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,927
- “aggrave” frequency rank
- #28,438
- “aggravée” frequency rank
- 47365
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | aggrave | aggravée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Seconde fulmination solennelle d’un monitoire. | Maladie du pied du chien qui consiste en une inflammation du réseau vasculaire situé au-dessous de l’épiderme épais et dur, dont les tubercules plantaires sont recouverts à leur surface d’appui. |
Where the eye mixes aggrave and aggravée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. aggrave runs 7 letters (VCCCVCV) against aggravée's 8 (VCCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: aggrave vs aggravée
A purely visual mix-up. aggrave (\a.ɡʁav\) and aggravée (\a.ɡʁa.ve\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47365, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
aggrave is recorded at frequency rank #18,927, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.ɡʁav\. aggravée is at rank #28,438, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.ɡʁa.ve\.
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 47365, this pair ranks #187,555 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of aggrave vs aggravée
Shared letters: aegrv. Private to "aggrave": -. Private to "aggravée": é.
"aggrave" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVCV · "aggravée" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- aggrave ← aggarve · aggraev · aggravve · aggrrave · aggrvae · agrave · agrgave · gagrave
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "aggrave" and "aggravée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "aggrave" vs "aggravée" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "aggrave" and "aggravée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "aggrave" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "aggravée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #187,555 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "aggrave" and "aggravée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aggravée vs aggravées". 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 #187,555 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.