Which to use
“agiles” is an adjective and “agitée” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #39,140
- “agiles” frequency rank
- #18,928
- “agitée” frequency rank
- 58068
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agiles | agitée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de agile. | Femme agitée. |
Where the eye mixes agiles and agitée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. agiles (VCVCVC) and agitée (VCVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses agiles with agitée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: agiles is \a.ʒil\ while agitée is \a.ʒi.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58068, 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\. agitée is at rank #18,928, tagged as anoun, 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 58068, this pair ranks #111,231 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of agiles vs agitée
Shared letters: aegi. Private to "agiles": ls. Private to "agitée": té.
"agiles" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC · "agitée" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- agiles ← aggiles · agiels · agiless · agilles · agilse · aglies · gailes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "agiles" and "agitée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "agiles" vs "agitée" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "agiles" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "agitée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #111,231 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agiles" and "agitée" 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 #111,231 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.