Which to use
“aggrave” is a noun and “aggravent” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,927
- “aggrave” frequency rank
- #38,634
- “aggravent” frequency rank
- 57561
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | aggrave | aggravent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Seconde fulmination solennelle d’un monitoire. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe aggraver. |
Same sound, different letters: aggrave vs aggravent
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. aggrave runs 7 letters (VCCCVCV) against aggravent's 9 (VCCCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - aggrave and aggravent
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: aggrave and aggravent carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.ɡʁav\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “aggrave” sits inside “aggravent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57561, 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\. aggravent is at rank #38,634, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.ɡʁav\.
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 57561, this pair ranks #114,289 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of aggrave vs aggravent
Shared letters: aegrv. Private to "aggrave": -. Private to "aggravent": nt.
"aggrave" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVCV · "aggravent" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "aggrave" for "aggravent" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "aggrave" / "aggravent". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "aggrave" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "aggravent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #114,289 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "aggrave" and "aggravent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aggravante 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 #114,289 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.