Which to use
“agiles” and “avides” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,140
- “agiles” frequency rank
- #25,896
- “avides” frequency rank
- 65036
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agiles | avides |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de agile. | Pluriel de avide. |
Where the eye mixes agiles and avides
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. agiles and avides follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: agiles vs avides
A purely visual mix-up. agiles (\a.ʒil\) and avides (\a.vid\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65036, 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\. avides is at rank #25,896, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.vid\.
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 65036, this pair ranks #74,165 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of agiles vs avides
Shared letters: aeis. Private to "agiles": gl. Private to "avides": dv.
"agiles" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC · "avides" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "agiles" and "avides" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "agiles" or "avides"?
Useful next steps
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 "avides" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #74,165 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agiles" and "avides" 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 #74,165 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.