agrééevsagrégéeConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#36,692
“agréée” frequency rank
#45,987
“agrégée” frequency rank
82679
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agréée agrégée
Definition Celle qui remplit auprès d’un tribunal de commerce qui l’a agréée les fonctions d’avouée et d’avocate. Celle qui a subi avec succès les épreuves d’un concours d’agrégation.

Where the eye mixes agréée and agrégée

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. agréée runs 6 letters (VCCVVV) against agrégée's 7 (VCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
agréée
7 ch
agrégée

Visual trap between agréée and agrégée

A purely visual mix-up. agréée (\a.ɡʁe.e\) and agrégée (\a.ɡʁe.ʒe\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82679, 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\. agrégée is at rank #45,987, tagged as anoun, 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 82679, this pair ranks #16,239 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of agréée vs agrégée

Shared letters: aegré. Private to "agréée": -. Private to "agrégée": -.

"agréée" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVV  ·  "agrégée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "agréée" and "agrégée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\a.ɡʁe.e\ versus \a.ɡʁe.ʒe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "agréée" or "agrégée"?
"agréée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #36,692 in our French list, against #45,987 for "agrégée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "agréée" and "agrégée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "agréée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "agrégée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #16,239 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "agréée" and "agrégée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agrégat vs agrégée". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #16,239 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