Which to use
“agiles” and “agité” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,140
- “agiles” frequency rank
- #14,594
- “agité” frequency rank
- 53734
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agiles | agité |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de agile. | Qui est animé d’un mouvement vif et irrégulier. |
Where the eye mixes agiles and agité
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. agiles runs 6 letters (VCVCVC) against agité's 5 (VCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between agiles and agité
A purely visual mix-up. agiles (\a.ʒil\) and agité (\a.ʒi.te\) 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 53734, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
agiles is recorded at frequency rank #39,140, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.ʒil\. agité is at rank #14,594, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.ʒi.te\.
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 53734, this pair ranks #138,739 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of agiles vs agité
Shared letters: agi. Private to "agiles": els. Private to "agité": té.
"agiles" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC · "agité" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- agiles ← aggiles · agiels · agiless · agilles · agilse · aglies · gailes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "agiles" and "agité" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "agiles" or "agité"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "agiles" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "agité" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #138,739 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agiles" and "agité" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agiles vs agitées". 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 #138,739 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.