Which to use
“agisse” and “agissez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,397
- “agisse” frequency rank
- #24,846
- “agissez” frequency rank
- 32243
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agisse | agissez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de agir. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de agir. |
Where the eye mixes agisse and agissez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. agisse runs 6 letters (VCVCCV) against agissez's 7 (VCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: agisse vs agissez
A purely visual mix-up. agisse (\a.ʒis\) and agissez (\a.ʒi.se\) 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 extra letter(s) - “agisse” sits inside “agissez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32243, 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\. agissez is at rank #24,846, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.ʒi.se\.
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 32243, this pair ranks #298,544 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of agisse vs agissez
Shared letters: aegis. Private to "agisse": -. Private to "agissez": z.
"agisse" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV · "agissez" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "agisse" and "agissez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "agisse" vs "agissez" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "agisse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "agissez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #298,544 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agisse" and "agissez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agisse vs avisée". 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 #298,544 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.