Which to use
“agrafe” and “agréée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,312
- “agrafe” frequency rank
- #36,692
- “agréée” frequency rank
- 85004
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agrafe | agréée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petit accessoire métallique servant à réunir deux éléments d’un même objet. | Celle qui remplit auprès d’un tribunal de commerce qui l’a agréée les fonctions d’avouée et d’avocate. |
Where the eye mixes agrafe and agréée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. agrafe (VCCVCV) and agréée (VCCVVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: agrafe vs agréée
A purely visual mix-up. agrafe (\a.ɡʁaf\) and agréée (\a.ɡʁe.e\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85004, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
agrafe is recorded at frequency rank #48,312, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.ɡʁaf\. agréée is at rank #36,692, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.ɡʁe.e\.
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 85004, this pair ranks #12,040 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of agrafe vs agréée
Shared letters: aegr. Private to "agrafe": f. Private to "agréée": é.
"agrafe" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "agréée" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- agrafe ← agarfe · aggrafe · agraef · agraffe · agrfae · agrrafe · argafe · garafe
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "agrafe" and "agréée" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "agrafe" vs "agréée" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "agrafe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "agréée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #12,040 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agrafe" and "agréée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agrafe vs agrafes". 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 #12,040 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.