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. |
Same sound, different letters: agitée vs agitées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. agitée runs 6 letters (VCVCVV) against agitées's 7 (VCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - agitée / agitées
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "agitée" for "agitées" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "agitée" or "agitées" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "agitée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "agitées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #64,276 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agitée" and "agitées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agitées vs aidées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #64,276 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.