Which to use
“agitent” and “agiter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,605
- “agitent” frequency rank
- #19,199
- “agiter” frequency rank
- 45804
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agitent | agiter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe agiter. | Secouer vivement en tout sens. |
Where the eye mixes agitent and agiter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. agitent runs 7 letters (VCVCVCC) against agiter's 6 (VCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses agitent with agiter
A purely visual mix-up. agitent (\a.ʒit\) and agiter (\a.ʒi.te\) 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 45804, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
agitent is recorded at frequency rank #26,605, classified as averb, pronounced \a.ʒit\. 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 45804, this pair ranks #199,909 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of agitent vs agiter
Shared letters: aegit. Private to "agitent": n. Private to "agiter": r.
"agitent" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCC · "agiter" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "agitent" and "agiter" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "agitent" or "agiter" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "agitent" 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 #199,909 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agitent" and "agiter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agitées vs agitent". 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 #199,909 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.