Which to use
“agité” is an adjective and “agitent” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,594
- “agité” frequency rank
- #26,605
- “agitent” frequency rank
- 41199
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agité | agitent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est animé d’un mouvement vif et irrégulier. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe agiter. |
Where the eye mixes agité and agitent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between agité and agitent
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: agité is \a.ʒi.te\ while agitent is \a.ʒit\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41199, 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\. agitent is at rank #26,605, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.ʒit\.
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 41199, this pair ranks #234,878 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of agité vs agitent
Shared letters: agit. Private to "agité": é. Private to "agitent": en.
"agité" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "agitent" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- agitent ← aggitent · agietnt · agitennt · agitentt · agitetn · agitnet · agittent · agtient
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "agité" and "agitent" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "agité" or "agitent"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "agité" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "agitent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #234,878 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agité" and "agitent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agitées vs agitent". 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 #234,878 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.