Which to use
“agrafes” and “agrumes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,721
- “agrafes” frequency rank
- #26,608
- “agrumes” frequency rank
- 69329
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agrafes | agrumes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de agrafe. | Pluriel de agrume. |
Where the eye mixes agrafes and agrumes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. agrafes and agrumes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: agrafes vs agrumes
A purely visual mix-up. agrafes (\a.ɡʁaf\) and agrumes (\a.ɡʁym\) 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 69329, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
agrafes is recorded at frequency rank #42,721, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.ɡʁaf\. agrumes is at rank #26,608, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.ɡʁym\.
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 69329, this pair ranks #55,558 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of agrafes vs agrumes
Shared letters: aegrs. Private to "agrafes": f. Private to "agrumes": mu.
"agrafes" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "agrumes" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "agrafes" for "agrumes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "agrafes" vs "agrumes" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "agrafes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "agrumes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #55,558 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agrafes" and "agrumes" 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 #55,558 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.