agrééesvsagrégéeConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#41,632
“agréées” frequency rank
#45,987
“agrégée” frequency rank
87619
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agréées agrégée
Definition Féminin pluriel de agréé. Celle qui a subi avec succès les épreuves d’un concours d’agrégation.

Where the eye mixes agréées and agrégée

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. agréées (VCCVVVC) and agrégée (VCCVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
agréées
7 ch
agrégée

Why the eye confuses agréées with agrégée

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: agréées is \a.ɡʁe.e\ while agrégée is \a.ɡʁe.ʒe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 87619, 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\. 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 87619, this pair ranks #8,023 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of agréées vs agrégée

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

"agréées" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVC  ·  "agrégée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "agréées" for "agrégée" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "agréées" is an adjective and "agrégée" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "agréées" vs "agrégée" - which ranks higher?
"agréées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #41,632 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.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "agréées" and "agrégée" 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 "agrégée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #8,023 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "agréées" and "agrégée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agrégat vs agrégée". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #8,023 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