Which to use
“agisse” and “agissent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,397
- “agisse” frequency rank
- #9,590
- “agissent” frequency rank
- 16987
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agisse | agissent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de agir. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de agir. |
Same sound, different letters: agisse vs agissent
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. agisse runs 6 letters (VCVCCV) against agissent's 8 (VCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - agisse and agissent
This is the hard kind. agisse and agissent are pronounced identically (\a.ʒis\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “agisse” sits inside “agissent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16987, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
agisse is recorded at frequency rank #7,397, classified as averb, pronounced \a.ʒis\. agissent is at rank #9,590, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.ʒis\.
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 16987, this pair ranks #385,341 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of agisse vs agissent
Shared letters: aegis. Private to "agisse": -. Private to "agissent": nt.
"agisse" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV · "agissent" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "agisse" for "agissent" ever safe?
Frequency check: "agisse" vs "agissent" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"agisse" and "agissent" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "agisse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "agissent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #385,341 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agisse" and "agissent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agissaient vs agissent". 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 #385,341 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.