agitéevsagitéesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: agitée is a noun, agitées is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“agitée” is a noun and “agitées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#18,928
“agitée” frequency rank
#48,311
“agitées” frequency rank
67239
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agitée agitées
Definition Femme agitée. Féminin pluriel de agité.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set agitée and agitées apart are highlighted. They share 6 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

6 ch
agitée
7 ch
agitées

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: agitée and agitées carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.ʒi.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “agitée” sits inside “agitées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67239, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

agitée is recorded at frequency rank #18,928, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.ʒi.te\. agitées is at rank #48,311, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.ʒi.te\.

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 67239, this pair ranks #64,276 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of agitée vs agitées

Shared letters: aegité. Private to "agitée": -. Private to "agitées": s.

"agitée" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV  ·  "agitées" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC

Frequency comparison

agitée#18,928
agitées#48,311

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "agitée" and "agitées" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "agitée" is a noun and "agitées" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "agitée" or "agitées"?
"agitée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,928 in our French list, against #48,311 for "agitées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering agitée vs agitées

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “agitée”; for an adjective, it's “agitées”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “agitée” entry
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list