Which to use
“agité” is an adjective and “ait” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,594
- “agité” frequency rank
- #538
- “ait” frequency rank
- 15132
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agité | ait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est animé d’un mouvement vif et irrégulier. | Troisième personne du singulier du subjonctif présent du verbe auxiliaire avoir. |
Where the eye mixes agité and ait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between agité and ait
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: agité is \a.ʒi.te\ while ait is \ɛ\. 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 15132, 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\. ait is at rank #538, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ\.
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 15132, this pair ranks #393,720 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of agité vs ait
Shared letters: ait. Private to "agité": gé. Private to "ait": -.
"agité" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "ait" · 3 letters · shape VVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "agité" and "ait" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "agité" or "ait" show up more?
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 "ait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #393,720 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agité" and "ait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agité vs alizé". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #393,720 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.