Which to use
“agité” and “ailé” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,594
- “agité” frequency rank
- #38,126
- “ailé” frequency rank
- 52720
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agité | ailé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est animé d’un mouvement vif et irrégulier. | Qui possède des ailes. |
Where the eye mixes agité and ailé
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. agité runs 5 letters (VCVCV) against ailé's 4 (VVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: agité vs ailé
A purely visual mix-up. agité (\a.ʒi.te\) and ailé (\ɛ.le\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52720, 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\. ailé is at rank #38,126, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ.le\.
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 52720, this pair ranks #145,761 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of agité vs ailé
Shared letters: aié. Private to "agité": gt. Private to "ailé": l.
"agité" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "ailé" · 4 letters · shape VVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "agité" and "ailé" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "agité" or "ailé"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "agité" and "ailé" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "agité" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ailé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #145,761 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agité" and "ailé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ailé vs Aure". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #145,761 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.