Which to use
“agrandi” and “agrandir” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,877
- “agrandi” frequency rank
- #12,513
- “agrandir” frequency rank
- 38390
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agrandi | agrandir |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de agrandir. | Rendre plus grand. |
Where the eye mixes agrandi and agrandir
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. agrandi runs 7 letters (VCCVCCV) against agrandir's 8 (VCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: agrandi vs agrandir
A purely visual mix-up. agrandi (\a.ɡʁɑ̃.di\) and agrandir (\a.ɡʁɑ̃.diʁ\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “agrandi” sits inside “agrandir”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38390, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
agrandi is recorded at frequency rank #25,877, classified as averb, pronounced \a.ɡʁɑ̃.di\. agrandir is at rank #12,513, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.ɡʁɑ̃.diʁ\.
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 38390, this pair ranks #255,578 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of agrandi vs agrandir
Shared letters: adginr. Private to "agrandi": -. Private to "agrandir": -.
"agrandi" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "agrandir" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "agrandi" for "agrandir" ever safe?
Frequency check: "agrandi" vs "agrandir" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "agrandi" and "agrandir" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "agrandi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "agrandir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #255,578 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agrandi" and "agrandir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agrandi vs agrandis". 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 #255,578 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.