Which to use
“agréée” is a noun and “agrégé” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,692
- “agréée” frequency rank
- #20,041
- “agrégé” frequency rank
- 56733
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agréée | agrégé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celle qui remplit auprès d’un tribunal de commerce qui l’a agréée les fonctions d’avouée et d’avocate. | Se dit des parties d’une plante agglomérées sur une petite surface. |
Where the eye mixes agréée and agrégé
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. agréée (VCCVVV) and agrégé (VCCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses agréée with agrégé
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: agréée is \a.ɡʁe.e\ while agrégé is \a.ɡʁe.ʒe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56733, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
agréée is recorded at frequency rank #36,692, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.ɡʁe.e\. agrégé is at rank #20,041, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.ɡʁe.ʒe\.
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 56733, this pair ranks #119,238 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of agréée vs agrégé
Shared letters: agré. Private to "agréée": e. Private to "agrégé": -.
"agréée" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVV · "agrégé" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "agréée" and "agrégé" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "agréée" or "agrégé"?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "agréée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "agrégé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #119,238 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agréée" and "agrégé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agacée vs agréée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #119,238 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.