Which to use
“agira” and “attira” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,298
- “agira” frequency rank
- #33,557
- “attira” frequency rank
- 48855
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agira | attira |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de agir. | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe attirer. |
Where the eye mixes agira and attira
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: agira vs attira
A purely visual mix-up. agira (\a.ʒi.ʁa\) and attira (\a.ti.ʁa\) 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 48855, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
agira is recorded at frequency rank #15,298, classified as averb, pronounced \a.ʒi.ʁa\. attira is at rank #33,557, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.ti.ʁa\.
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 48855, this pair ranks #175,517 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of agira vs attira
Shared letters: air. Private to "agira": g. Private to "attira": t.
"agira" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "attira" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "agira" for "attira" ever safe?
Frequency check: "agira" vs "attira" - 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 "agira" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "attira" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #175,517 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agira" and "attira" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "antifa vs attira". 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 #175,517 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.