Which to use
“agitateur” and “agitateurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,419
- “agitateur” frequency rank
- #47,136
- “agitateurs” frequency rank
- 92555
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agitateur | agitateurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celui qui agite une assemblée, une foule, en vue d’y causer du trouble. | Pluriel de agitateur. |
Same sound, different letters: agitateur vs agitateurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. agitateur runs 9 letters (VCVCVCVVC) against agitateurs's 10 (VCVCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - agitateur / agitateurs
This is the hard kind. agitateur and agitateurs are pronounced identically (\a.ʒi.ta.tœʁ\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “agitateur” sits inside “agitateurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 92555, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
agitateur is recorded at frequency rank #45,419, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.ʒi.ta.tœʁ\. agitateurs is at rank #47,136, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.ʒi.ta.tœʁ\.
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 92555, this pair ranks #2,909 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of agitateur vs agitateurs
Shared letters: aegirtu. Private to "agitateur": -. Private to "agitateurs": s.
"agitateur" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVVC · "agitateurs" · 10 letters · shape VCVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- agitateur ← aggitateur · agiatteur · agitaetur · agitateru · agitateurr · agitatteur · agitatuer · agittaeur
- agitateurs ← aggitateurs · agiatteurs · agitaeturs · agitaterus · agitateurrs · agitateurss · agitateusr · agitatteurs
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "agitateur" and "agitateurs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "agitateur" or "agitateurs" show up more?
After this comparison
"agitateur" and "agitateurs" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "agitateur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "agitateurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #2,909 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agitateur" and "agitateurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agitateurs vs aviateurs". 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 #2,909 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.