agitévsagitéeWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: agité is a adjective, agitée is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“agité” is an adjective and “agitée” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#14,594
“agité” frequency rank
#18,928
“agitée” frequency rank
33522
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agité agitée
Definition Qui est animé d’un mouvement vif et irrégulier. Femme agitée.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set agité and agitée apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

5 ch
agité
6 ch
agitée

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: agité and agitée carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.ʒi.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “agité” sits inside “agitée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33522, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

agité is recorded at frequency rank #14,594, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.ʒi.te\. agitée is at rank #18,928, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.ʒi.te\.

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 33522, this pair ranks #290,082 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of agité vs agitée

Shared letters: agité. Private to "agité": -. Private to "agitée": e.

"agité" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV  ·  "agitée" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV

Frequency comparison

agité#14,594
agitée#18,928

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "agité" and "agitée" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "agité" is an adjective and "agitée" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "agité" or "agitée"?
"agité" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,594 in our French list, against #18,928 for "agitée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering agité vs agitée

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need an adjective, it's “agité”; for a noun, it's “agitée”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “agité” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list