Which to use
“agonie” is a noun and “alone” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,051
- “agonie” frequency rank
- #21,524
- “alone” frequency rank
- 37575
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agonie | alone |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Dernière lutte de la nature contre la mort. | Seul, tout seul, solitaire. |
Where the eye mixes agonie and alone
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: agonie vs alone
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: agonie is \a.ɡɔ.ni\ while alone is [ə.ˈloʊn]. 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 (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37575, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
agonie is recorded at frequency rank #16,051, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.ɡɔ.ni\. alone is at rank #21,524, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ə.ˈloʊn].
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 37575, this pair ranks #261,539 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of agonie vs alone
Shared letters: aeno. Private to "agonie": gi. Private to "alone": l.
"agonie" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV · "alone" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "agonie" and "alone" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "agonie" or "alone" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "agonie" and "alone" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "agonie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "alone" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #261,539 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agonie" and "alone" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alizé vs alone". 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 #261,539 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.