Which to use
“agit” is a verb and “apt” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #432
- “agit” frequency rank
- #29,641
- “apt” frequency rank
- 30073
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agit | apt |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de agir. | Enclin, disposé, dif=susceptible de, avoir tendance à. |
Letter map: agit vs apt
Shared letters muted; letters that set agit and apt apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Role in the sentence - agit and apt
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: agit is averb and aptanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30073, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
agit is recorded at frequency rank #432, classified as averb, pronounced \a.ʒi\. apt is at rank #29,641, tagged as anadj.
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 30073, this pair ranks #312,640 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of agit vs apt
Shared letters: at. Private to "agit": gi. Private to "apt": p.
"agit" · 4 letters · shape VCVC · "apt" · 3 letters · shape VCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- agit ← aggit · agitt · agti · aigt · gait
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "agit" for "apt" ever safe?
Which is more common, "agit" or "apt"?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "agit" and "apt".
- Full dictionary entry for "agit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "apt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #312,640 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agit" and "apt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apt vs aur". 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 #312,640 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.