Which to use
“agreement” and “agréments” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,986
- “agreement” frequency rank
- #45,420
- “agréments” frequency rank
- 91406
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agreement | agréments |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Accord, concordance. | Pluriel de agrément. |
Where the eye mixes agreement and agréments
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: agreement vs agréments
A purely visual mix-up. agreement (\ə.ˈɡɹi.mənt\) and agréments (\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 share most of their letters but differ in 6 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 91406, 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\. agréments is at rank #45,420, 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 91406, this pair ranks #3,879 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of agreement vs agréments
Shared letters: aegmnrt. Private to "agreement": -. Private to "agréments": sé.
"agreement" · 9 letters · shape VCCVVCVCC · "agréments" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- agreement ← agerement · aggreement · agreeemnt · agreemennt · agreementt · agreemetn · agreemment · agreemnet
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "agreement" and "agréments" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "agreement" or "agréments" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "agreement" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "agréments" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #3,879 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agreement" and "agréments" 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 #3,879 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.