Which to use
“agit” and “assit” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #432
- “agit” frequency rank
- #34,424
- “assit” frequency rank
- 34856
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agit | assit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de agir. | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe asseoir (ou assoir). |
Where the eye mixes agit and assit
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses agit with assit
A purely visual mix-up. agit (\a.ʒi\) and assit (\a.si\) 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 34856, 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\. assit is at rank #34,424, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.si\.
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 34856, this pair ranks #280,877 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of agit vs assit
Shared letters: ait. Private to "agit": g. Private to "assit": s.
"agit" · 4 letters · shape VCVC · "assit" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "agit" for "assit" ever safe?
Which is more common, "agit" or "assit"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "agit" and "assit" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "agit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "assit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #280,877 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agit" and "assit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Anssi vs assit". 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 #280,877 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.