Which to use
“agreement” and “agrément” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,986
- “agreement” frequency rank
- #11,518
- “agrément” frequency rank
- 57504
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agreement | agrément |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Accord, concordance. | Action d’agréer. |
Where the eye mixes agreement and agrément
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. agreement runs 9 letters (VCCVVCVCC) against agrément's 8 (VCCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: agreement vs agrément
A purely visual mix-up. agreement (\ə.ˈɡɹi.mənt\) and agrément (\a.ɡʁe.mɑ̃\) 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 57504, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
agreement is recorded at frequency rank #45,986, classified as anoun, pronounced \ə.ˈɡɹi.mənt\. agrément is at rank #11,518, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.ɡʁe.mɑ̃\.
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 57504, this pair ranks #114,638 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of agreement vs agrément
Shared letters: aegmnrt. Private to "agreement": -. Private to "agrément": é.
"agreement" · 9 letters · shape VCCVVCVCC · "agrément" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- agreement ← agerement · aggreement · agreeemnt · agreemennt · agreementt · agreemetn · agreemment · agreemnet
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "agreement" and "agrément" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "agreement" vs "agrément" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "agreement" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "agrément" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #114,638 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agreement" and "agrément" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agreement vs âprement". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #114,638 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.