Which to use
“agitées” is an adjective and “agiter” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,311
- “agitées” frequency rank
- #19,199
- “agiter” frequency rank
- 67510
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agitées | agiter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de agité. | Secouer vivement en tout sens. |
Same sound, different letters: agitées vs agiter
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. agitées runs 7 letters (VCVCVVC) against agiter's 6 (VCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: agitées vs agiter
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: agitées and agiter carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.ʒi.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67510, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
agitées is recorded at frequency rank #48,311, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.ʒi.te\. agiter is at rank #19,199, tagged as averb, 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 67510, this pair ranks #63,142 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of agitées vs agiter
Shared letters: aegit. Private to "agitées": sé. Private to "agiter": r.
"agitées" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC · "agiter" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- agiter ← aggiter · agietr · agiterr · agitre · agitter · agtier · aigter · gaiter
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "agitées" for "agiter" ever safe?
Frequency check: "agitées" vs "agiter" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"agitées" and "agiter" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "agitées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "agiter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #63,142 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agitées" and "agiter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agitées vs aidées". 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 #63,142 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.