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.
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?
Which is more common, "agité" or "aisé"?
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.