agitéevsamitiéConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#18,928
“agitée” frequency rank
#2,307
“amitié” frequency rank
21235
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agitée amitié
Definition Femme agitée. Sentiment réciproque qui engage deux personnes l’une envers l’autre.

Where the eye mixes agitée and amitié

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. agitée and amitié follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
agitée
6 ch
amitié

Look-alike desk: agitée vs amitié

A purely visual mix-up. agitée (\a.ʒi.te\) and amitié (\a.mi.tje\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21235, 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\. amitié is at rank #2,307, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.mi.tje\.

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 21235, this pair ranks #364,221 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of agitée vs amitié

Shared letters: aité. Private to "agitée": eg. Private to "amitié": m.

"agitée" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV  ·  "amitié" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "agitée" and "amitié" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\a.ʒi.te\ versus \a.mi.tje\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "agitée" or "amitié"?
"amitié" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,307 in our French list, against #18,928 for "agitée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "agitée" and "amitié" 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 "amitié" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #364,221 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "agitée" and "amitié" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agacée vs agitée". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #364,221 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