Which to use
“agitées” is an adjective and “aidées” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,311
- “agitées” frequency rank
- #41,633
- “aidées” frequency rank
- 89944
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agitées | aidées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de agité. | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe aider. |
Where the eye mixes agitées and aidées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. agitées runs 7 letters (VCVCVVC) against aidées's 6 (VVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between agitées and aidées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: agitées is \a.ʒi.te\ while aidées is \ɛ.de\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 89944, 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\. aidées is at rank #41,633, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ.de\.
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 89944, this pair ranks #5,276 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of agitées vs aidées
Shared letters: aeisé. Private to "agitées": gt. Private to "aidées": d.
"agitées" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC · "aidées" · 6 letters · shape VVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "agitées" and "aidées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "agitées" or "aidées"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "agitées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "aidées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #5,276 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agitées" and "aidées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agitées vs agréées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #5,276 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.