Which to use
“agité” is an adjective and “argile” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,594
- “agité” frequency rank
- #10,991
- “argile” frequency rank
- 25585
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agité | argile |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est animé d’un mouvement vif et irrégulier. | Minéral se présentant sous la forme d’une poudre souvent très fine. Avec de l’eau elle forme une terre douce au toucher, malléable et plastique → voir minéral argileux. Elle est composée principalement de silicates et d’aluminosilicates. Elle est généralement blanchâtre, mais peut être teintée par des sels métalliques (rouge, orange, vert, etc.). |
Where the eye mixes agité and argile
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. agité runs 5 letters (VCVCV) against argile's 6 (VCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses agité with argile
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: agité is \a.ʒi.te\ while argile is \aʁ.ʒil\. 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 25585, 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\. argile is at rank #10,991, tagged as anoun, pronounced \aʁ.ʒil\.
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 25585, this pair ranks #340,012 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of agité vs argile
Shared letters: agi. Private to "agité": té. Private to "argile": elr.
"agité" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "argile" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- argile ← agrile · arggile · argiel · argille · arglie · arigle · arrgile · ragile
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "agité" and "argile" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "agité" vs "argile" - which ranks higher?
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 "argile" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #340,012 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agité" and "argile" 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 #340,012 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.