Which to use
“agile” and “ailé” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,229
- “agile” frequency rank
- #38,126
- “ailé” frequency rank
- 59355
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agile | ailé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui a des facilités pour agir ou se mouvoir, dispos, léger, souple. | Qui possède des ailes. |
Where the eye mixes agile and ailé
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. agile runs 5 letters (VCVCV) against ailé's 4 (VVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between agile and ailé
A purely visual mix-up. agile (\a.ʒil\) and ailé (\ɛ.le\) 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 59355, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
agile is recorded at frequency rank #21,229, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.ʒil\. ailé is at rank #38,126, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ.le\.
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 59355, this pair ranks #103,623 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of agile vs ailé
Shared letters: ail. Private to "agile": eg. Private to "ailé": é.
"agile" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "ailé" · 4 letters · shape VVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- agile ← aggile · agiel · agille · aglie · gaile
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "agile" and "ailé" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "agile" or "ailé"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "agile" and "ailé" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "agile" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ailé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #103,623 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agile" and "ailé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ailé vs Aure". 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 #103,623 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.