agité vs agitées, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“agité” and “agitées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#14,594
“agité” frequency rank: #48,311
“agitées” frequency rank: 62905
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	agité	agitées
Definition	Qui est animé d’un mouvement vif et irrégulier.	Féminin pluriel de agité.

Where the spellings diverge

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

5 ch

agité

7 ch

agitées

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

This is the hard kind. agité and agitées are pronounced identically (\a.ʒi.te\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “agité” sits inside “agitées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62905, 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\. agitées is at rank #48,311, tagged as anadj, 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 62905, this pair ranks #84,643 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of agité vs agitées

Shared letters: agité. Private to "agité": -. Private to "agitées": es.

"agité" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "agitées" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC

Frequency comparison

agité#14,594

agitées#48,311

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "agité" and "agitées" be used interchangeably?

No. They are pronounced the same (\a.ʒi.te\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.

Which is more common, "agité" or "agitées"?

"agité" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,594 in our French list, against #48,311 for "agitées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering agité vs agitées

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Read both glosses above and match the meaning you intend, only context separates this pair.
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