agrééevsagrégésWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: agréée is a noun, agrégés is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“agréée” is a noun and “agrégés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#36,692
“agréée” frequency rank
#47,713
“agrégés” frequency rank
84405
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agréée agrégés
Definition Celle qui remplit auprès d’un tribunal de commerce qui l’a agréée les fonctions d’avouée et d’avocate. Masculin pluriel de agrégé.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set agréée and agrégés apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

6 ch
agréée
7 ch
agrégés

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: agréée is \a.ɡʁe.e\ while agrégés is \a.ɡʁe.ʒe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 84405, 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\. agrégés is at rank #47,713, 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 84405, this pair ranks #13,061 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of agréée vs agrégés

Shared letters: agré. Private to "agréée": e. Private to "agrégés": s.

"agréée" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVV  ·  "agrégés" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Frequency comparison

agréée#36,692
agrégés#47,713

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "agréée" and "agrégés" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "agréée" is a noun and "agrégés" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "agréée" or "agrégés"?
"agréée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #36,692 in our French list, against #47,713 for "agrégés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering agréée vs agrégés

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “agréée”; for an adjective, it's “agrégés”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “agréée” entry
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list