Which to use
“aggravée” is a noun and “aggravent” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #28,438
- “aggravée” frequency rank
- #38,634
- “aggravent” frequency rank
- 67072
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | aggravée | aggravent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 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. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe aggraver. |
Where the eye mixes aggravée and aggravent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. aggravée runs 8 letters (VCCCVCVV) against aggravent's 9 (VCCCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between aggravée and aggravent
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: aggravée is \a.ɡʁa.ve\ while aggravent is \a.ɡʁav\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67072, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
aggravée is recorded at frequency rank #28,438, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.ɡʁa.ve\. 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 67072, this pair ranks #65,032 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of aggravée vs aggravent
Shared letters: aegrv. Private to "aggravée": é. Private to "aggravent": nt.
"aggravée" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVV · "aggravent" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- aggravent ← aggarvent · aggraevnt · aggravennt · aggraventt · aggravetn · aggravnet · aggravvent · aggrravent
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "aggravée" and "aggravent" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "aggravée" vs "aggravent" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "aggravée" 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 #65,032 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "aggravée" 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 #65,032 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.