Which to use
“agora” and “ara” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,464
- “agora” frequency rank
- #29,225
- “ara” frequency rank
- 53689
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agora | ara |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Place publique, chez les Grecs, qui servait pour le marché et pour certains actes civils et politiques. | Nom normalisé donné à six genres de grands oiseaux de la famille des psittacidés (e.g. "vrais" perroquets, amazones, etc.), à longue queue, au plumage très coloré et aux patrons complexes, dont l’intelligence et les aptitudes vocales sont supérieures à celles de la plupart des autres membres de l’ordre des psittaciformes, et qui fréquentent les forêts humides de l'écozone néotropicale, et dont plusieurs espèces sont présentement menacées de disparition (genres principaux: Ara, Anodorhynchus, Propyrrhura, etc.). |
Where the eye mixes agora and ara
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. agora runs 5 letters (VCVCV) against ara's 3 (VCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses agora with ara
A purely visual mix-up. agora (\a.ɡɔ.ʁa\) and ara (\a.ʁa\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53689, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
agora is recorded at frequency rank #24,464, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.ɡɔ.ʁa\. ara is at rank #29,225, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.ʁa\.
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 53689, this pair ranks #139,069 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of agora vs ara
Shared letters: ar. Private to "agora": go. Private to "ara": -.
"agora" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "ara" · 3 letters · shape VCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- agora ← aggora · agoar · agorra · agroa · aogra · gaora
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "agora" for "ara" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "agora" or "ara" 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 "agora" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ara" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #139,069 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agora" and "ara" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ara vs avéra". 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 #139,069 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.