agitévsapteConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#14,594
“agité” frequency rank
#12,518
“apte” frequency rank
27112
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agité apte
Definition Qui est animé d’un mouvement vif et irrégulier. Qui est propre à quelque chose.

Where the eye mixes agité and apte

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

5 ch
agité
4 ch
apte

Look-alike desk: agité vs apte

A purely visual mix-up. agité (\a.ʒi.te\) and apte (\apt\) 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 27112, 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\. apte is at rank #12,518, tagged as anadj, pronounced \apt\.

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 27112, this pair ranks #331,014 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of agité vs apte

Shared letters: at. Private to "agité": gié. Private to "apte": ep.

"agité" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV  ·  "apte" · 4 letters · shape VCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • apteapet · appte · atpe

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "agité" and "apte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\a.ʒi.te\ versus \apt\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "agité" vs "apte" - which ranks higher?
"apte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,518 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.

Useful next steps

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 "apte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #331,014 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "agité" and "apte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agité vs alizé". 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 #331,014 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