agrééesvsagrégéTell them apart

Which to use

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

#41,632
“agréées” frequency rank
#20,041
“agrégé” frequency rank
61673
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agréées agrégé
Definition Féminin pluriel de agréé. Se dit des parties d’une plante agglomérées sur une petite surface.

Where the eye mixes agréées and agrégé

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. agréées runs 7 letters (VCCVVVC) against agrégé's 6 (VCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
agréées
6 ch
agrégé

Visual trap between agréées and agrégé

A purely visual mix-up. agréées (\a.ɡʁe.e\) and agrégé (\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 61673, 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\. 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 61673, this pair ranks #91,064 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of agréées vs agrégé

Shared letters: agré. Private to "agréées": es. Private to "agrégé": -.

"agréées" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVC  ·  "agrégé" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "agréées" and "agrégé" 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.
Frequency check: "agréées" vs "agrégé" - which ranks higher?
"agrégé" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,041 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.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "agréées" 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 #91,064 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "agréées" and "agrégé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agitées vs agréées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #91,064 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