agitévsaiséConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#14,594
“agité” frequency rank
#12,711
“aisé” frequency rank
27305
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agité aisé
Definition Qui est animé d’un mouvement vif et irrégulier. Facile à faire, simple, sans problème.

Where the eye mixes agité and aisé

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
agité
4 ch
aisé

Look-alike desk: agité vs aisé

A purely visual mix-up. agité (\a.ʒi.te\) and aisé (\ɛ.ze\) 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 27305, 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\. aisé is at rank #12,711, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ.ze\.

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 27305, this pair ranks #329,822 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of agité vs aisé

Shared letters: aié. Private to "agité": gt. Private to "aisé": s.

"agité" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV  ·  "aisé" · 4 letters · shape VVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "agité" for "aisé" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\a.ʒi.te\ versus \ɛ.ze\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "agité" or "aisé"?
"aisé" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,711 in our French list, against #14,594 for "agité". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "aisé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #329,822 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "agité" and "aisé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agité vs alizé". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #329,822 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list