Which to use
“agissent” and “agitent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,590
- “agissent” frequency rank
- #26,605
- “agitent” frequency rank
- 36195
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agissent | agitent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de agir. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe agiter. |
Where the eye mixes agissent and agitent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. agissent runs 8 letters (VCVCCVCC) against agitent's 7 (VCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: agissent vs agitent
A purely visual mix-up. agissent (\a.ʒis\) and agitent (\a.ʒit\) 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 36195, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
agissent is recorded at frequency rank #9,590, classified as averb, pronounced \a.ʒis\. agitent is at rank #26,605, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.ʒit\.
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 36195, this pair ranks #271,348 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of agissent vs agitent
Shared letters: aegint. Private to "agissent": s. Private to "agitent": -.
"agissent" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCC · "agitent" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "agissent" for "agitent" ever safe?
Frequency check: "agissent" vs "agitent" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "agissent" and "agitent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "agissent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "agitent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #271,348 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agissent" and "agitent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agitées vs agitent". 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 #271,348 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.