agrééesvsagréerWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: agréées is a adjective, agréer is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“agréées” is an adjective and “agréer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#41,632
“agréées” frequency rank
#37,642
“agréer” frequency rank
79274
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agréées agréer
Definition Féminin pluriel de agréé. Prendre à gré ; recevoir favorablement.

Same sound, different letters: agréées vs agréer

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. agréées runs 7 letters (VCCVVVC) against agréer's 6 (VCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
agréées
6 ch
agréer

Ear matches; page differs - agréées and agréer

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: agréées and agréer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.ɡʁe.e\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79274, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

agréées is recorded at frequency rank #41,632, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.ɡʁe.e\. agréer is at rank #37,642, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.ɡʁe.e\.

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 79274, this pair ranks #23,699 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of agréées vs agréer

Shared letters: aegré. Private to "agréées": s. Private to "agréer": -.

"agréées" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVC  ·  "agréer" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "agréées" for "agréer" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "agréées" is an adjective and "agréer" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "agréées" or "agréer"?
"agréer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #37,642 in our French list, against #41,632 for "agréées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

"agréées" and "agréer" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "agréées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "agréer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #23,699 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "agréées" and "agréer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agitées vs agréées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #23,699 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