Which to use
“aggravées” is a noun and “aggraver” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #46,563
- “aggravées” frequency rank
- #15,297
- “aggraver” frequency rank
- 61860
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | aggravées | aggraver |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de aggravée. | Rendre plus grave. |
Same sound, different letters: aggravées vs aggraver
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. aggravées runs 9 letters (VCCCVCVVC) against aggraver's 8 (VCCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: aggravées vs aggraver
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: aggravées and aggraver carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.ɡʁa.ve\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61860, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
aggravées is recorded at frequency rank #46,563, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.ɡʁa.ve\. aggraver is at rank #15,297, tagged as averb, 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 61860, this pair ranks #90,049 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of aggravées vs aggraver
Shared letters: aegrv. Private to "aggravées": sé. Private to "aggraver": -.
"aggravées" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVVC · "aggraver" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- aggraver ← aggarver · aggraevr · aggraverr · aggravre · aggravver · aggrraver · aggrvaer · agraver
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "aggravées" and "aggraver" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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After this comparison
"aggravées" and "aggraver" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "aggravées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "aggraver" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #90,049 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "aggravées" and "aggraver" 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 #90,049 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.