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. |
Same sound, different letters: agité vs agitée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. agité runs 5 letters (VCVCV) against agitée's 6 (VCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - agité / agitée
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "agité" for "agitée" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "agité" or "agitée" show up more?
What to do next
"agité" and "agitée" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "agité" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "agitée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #290,082 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agité" and "agitée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agacée vs agitée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #290,082 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.