Which to use
“Agnès” is a name and “armés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,956
- “Agnès” frequency rank
- #5,213
- “armés” frequency rank
- 14169
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Agnès | armés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nom de famille. | Masculin pluriel de armé. |
Where the eye mixes Agnès and armés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. Agnès and armés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: Agnès vs armés
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Agnès is \a.ɲɛs\ while armés is \aʁ.me\. 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 (name vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14169, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Agnès is recorded at frequency rank #8,956, classified as aname, pronounced \a.ɲɛs\. armés is at rank #5,213, tagged as anadj, pronounced \aʁ.me\.
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 14169, this pair ranks #397,871 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Agnès vs armés
Shared letters: as. Private to "Agnès": gnè. Private to "armés": mré.
"Agnès" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC · "armés" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Agnès" for "armés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "Agnès" or "armés"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "Agnès" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "armés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #397,871 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Agnès" and "armés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Agnès vs aves". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #397,871 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.