Which to use
“agitée” and “agréée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,928
- “agitée” frequency rank
- #36,692
- “agréée” frequency rank
- 55620
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agitée | agréée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Femme agitée. | Celle qui remplit auprès d’un tribunal de commerce qui l’a agréée les fonctions d’avouée et d’avocate. |
Where the eye mixes agitée and agréée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. agitée (VCVCVV) and agréée (VCCVVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between agitée and agréée
A purely visual mix-up. agitée (\a.ʒi.te\) and agréée (\a.ɡʁe.e\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55620, 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\. agréée is at rank #36,692, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.ɡʁe.e\.
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 55620, this pair ranks #126,294 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of agitée vs agréée
Shared letters: aegé. Private to "agitée": it. Private to "agréée": r.
"agitée" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV · "agréée" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "agitée" for "agréée" ever safe?
Which is more common, "agitée" or "agréée"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "agitée" and "agréée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "agitée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "agréée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #126,294 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agitée" and "agréée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agacée vs agréée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #126,294 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.