agrandirvsagrandisWhich spelling fits?

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“agrandir” and “agrandis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#12,513
“agrandir” frequency rank
#46,564
“agrandis” frequency rank
59077
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agrandir agrandis
Definition Rendre plus grand. Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de agrandir.

Where the eye mixes agrandir and agrandis

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

8 ch
agrandir
8 ch
agrandis

Visual trap between agrandir and agrandis

A purely visual mix-up. agrandir (\a.ɡʁɑ̃.diʁ\) and agrandis (\a.ɡʁɑ̃.di\) 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 a single letter - r in “agrandir” becomes s in “agrandis”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59077, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

agrandir is recorded at frequency rank #12,513, classified as averb, pronounced \a.ɡʁɑ̃.diʁ\. agrandis is at rank #46,564, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.ɡʁɑ̃.di\.

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 59077, this pair ranks #105,201 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of agrandir vs agrandis

Shared letters: adginr. Private to "agrandir": -. Private to "agrandis": s.

"agrandir" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC  ·  "agrandis" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • agrandiragarndir · aggrandir · agradnir · agranddir · agrandirr · agrandri · agranidr · agranndir
  • agrandisagarndis · aggrandis · agradnis · agranddis · agrandiss · agrandsi · agranids · agranndis

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "agrandir" and "agrandis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\a.ɡʁɑ̃.diʁ\ versus \a.ɡʁɑ̃.di\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "agrandir" or "agrandis"?
"agrandir" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,513 in our French list, against #46,564 for "agrandis". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "agrandir" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "agrandis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #105,201 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "agrandir" and "agrandis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agrandie 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 #105,201 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