Which to use
“aggrave” and “aggravées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,927
- “aggrave” frequency rank
- #46,563
- “aggravées” frequency rank
- 65490
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | aggrave | aggravées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Seconde fulmination solennelle d’un monitoire. | Pluriel de aggravée. |
Where the eye mixes aggrave and aggravées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. aggrave runs 7 letters (VCCCVCV) against aggravées's 9 (VCCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: aggrave vs aggravées
A purely visual mix-up. aggrave (\a.ɡʁav\) and aggravées (\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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65490, 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\. aggravées is at rank #46,563, 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 65490, this pair ranks #72,116 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of aggrave vs aggravées
Shared letters: aegrv. Private to "aggrave": -. Private to "aggravées": sé.
"aggrave" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVCV · "aggravées" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- aggrave ← aggarve · aggraev · aggravve · aggrrave · aggrvae · agrave · agrgave · gagrave
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "aggrave" for "aggravées" ever safe?
Frequency check: "aggrave" vs "aggravées" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "aggrave" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "aggravées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #72,116 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "aggrave" and "aggravées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aggravées vs aggravent". 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 #72,116 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.