Which to use
“aggrave” and “agrafe” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,927
- “aggrave” frequency rank
- #48,312
- “agrafe” frequency rank
- 67239
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | aggrave | agrafe |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Seconde fulmination solennelle d’un monitoire. | Petit accessoire métallique servant à réunir deux éléments d’un même objet. |
Where the eye mixes aggrave and agrafe
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. aggrave runs 7 letters (VCCCVCV) against agrafe's 6 (VCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between aggrave and agrafe
A purely visual mix-up. aggrave (\a.ɡʁav\) and agrafe (\a.ɡʁaf\) 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 67239, 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\. agrafe is at rank #48,312, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.ɡʁaf\.
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 67239, this pair ranks #64,276 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of aggrave vs agrafe
Shared letters: aegr. Private to "aggrave": v. Private to "agrafe": f.
"aggrave" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVCV · "agrafe" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "aggrave" and "agrafe" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "aggrave" or "agrafe" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "aggrave" and "agrafe" 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 "agrafe" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #64,276 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "aggrave" and "agrafe" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agrafe vs agrafes". 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 #64,276 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.