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“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.

7 ch
agrandi
8 ch
agrandir

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

  • agrandi ← agarndi · aggrandi · agradni · agranddi · agranid · agranndi · agrnadi · agrrandi
  • agrandir ← agarndir · aggrandir · agradnir · agranddir · agrandirr · agrandri · agranidr · agranndir

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "agrandi" for "agrandir" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\a.ɡʁɑ̃.di\ versus \a.ɡʁɑ̃.diʁ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "agrandi" vs "agrandir" - which ranks higher?
"agrandir" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,513 in our French list, against #25,877 for "agrandi". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list