agitéesvsamitiésWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: agitées is a adjective, amitiés is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“agitées” is an adjective and “amitiés” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#48,311
“agitées” frequency rank
#12,712
“amitiés” frequency rank
61023
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agitées amitiés
Definition Féminin pluriel de agité. Pluriel de amitié.

Where the eye mixes agitées and amitiés

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. agitées and amitiés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
agitées
7 ch
amitiés

Why the eye confuses agitées with amitiés

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: agitées is \a.ʒi.te\ while amitiés is \a.mi.tje\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61023, 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\. amitiés is at rank #12,712, 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 61023, this pair ranks #94,487 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of agitées vs amitiés

Shared letters: aisté. Private to "agitées": eg. Private to "amitiés": m.

"agitées" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC  ·  "amitiés" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "agitées" and "amitiés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "agitées" is an adjective and "amitiés" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "agitées" vs "amitiés" - which ranks higher?
"amitiés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,712 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.

What to do next

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 "amitiés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #94,487 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "agitées" and "amitiés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agitées vs aidées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #94,487 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