Which to use
“agiles” and “ailé” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,140
- “agiles” frequency rank
- #38,126
- “ailé” frequency rank
- 77266
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agiles | ailé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de agile. | Qui possède des ailes. |
Where the eye mixes agiles and ailé
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. agiles runs 6 letters (VCVCVC) against ailé's 4 (VVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses agiles with ailé
A purely visual mix-up. agiles (\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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77266, 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\. 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 77266, this pair ranks #28,893 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of agiles vs ailé
Shared letters: ail. Private to "agiles": egs. Private to "ailé": é.
"agiles" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC · "ailé" · 4 letters · shape VVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- agiles ← aggiles · agiels · agiless · agilles · agilse · aglies · gailes
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "agiles" and "ailé" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "agiles" or "ailé" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "agiles" and "ailé" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "agiles" 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 #28,893 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agiles" and "ailé" 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 #28,893 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.