agitéesvsaiséesConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#48,311
“agitées” frequency rank
#23,749
“aisées” frequency rank
72060
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agitées aisées
Definition Féminin pluriel de agité. Féminin pluriel de aisé.

Where the eye mixes agitées and aisées

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. agitées runs 7 letters (VCVCVVC) against aisées's 6 (VVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
agitées
6 ch
aisées

Why the eye confuses agitées with aisées

A purely visual mix-up. agitées (\a.ʒi.te\) and aisées (\e.ze\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72060, 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\. aisées is at rank #23,749, tagged as anadj, pronounced \e.ze\.

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 72060, this pair ranks #45,361 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of agitées vs aisées

Shared letters: aeisé. Private to "agitées": gt. Private to "aisées": -.

"agitées" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC  ·  "aisées" · 6 letters · shape VVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "agitées" and "aisées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\a.ʒi.te\ versus \e.ze\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "agitées" vs "aisées" - which ranks higher?
"aisées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,749 in our French list, against #48,311 for "agitées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "aisées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #45,361 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "agitées" and "aisées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agitées vs aidées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #45,361 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