Which to use
“agité” is an adjective and “ante” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,594
- “agité” frequency rank
- #34,862
- “ante” frequency rank
- 49456
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agité | ante |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est animé d’un mouvement vif et irrégulier. | Pilier ou pilastre quadrangulaire qui, dans la disposition extérieure des temples grecs et romains, termine les murs latéraux du sanctuaire. |
Where the eye mixes agité and ante
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. agité runs 5 letters (VCVCV) against ante's 4 (VCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between agité and ante
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: agité is \a.ʒi.te\ while ante is \ɑ̃t\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49456, 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\. ante is at rank #34,862, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃t\.
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 49456, this pair ranks #170,518 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of agité vs ante
Shared letters: at. Private to "agité": gié. Private to "ante": en.
"agité" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "ante" · 4 letters · shape VCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- ante ← anet · annte · antte · atne · nate
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "agité" for "ante" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "agité" or "ante" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "agité" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ante" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #170,518 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agité" and "ante" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ante vs arti". 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 #170,518 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.