Which to use
“agréer” and “armer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,642
- “agréer” frequency rank
- #15,304
- “armer” frequency rank
- 52946
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agréer | armer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Prendre à gré ; recevoir favorablement. | Pourvoir d’armes ; équiper. |
Where the eye mixes agréer and armer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. agréer runs 6 letters (VCCVVC) against armer's 5 (VCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between agréer and armer
A purely visual mix-up. agréer (\a.ɡʁe.e\) and armer (\aʁ.me\) 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 52946, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
agréer is recorded at frequency rank #37,642, classified as averb, pronounced \a.ɡʁe.e\. armer is at rank #15,304, tagged as averb, pronounced \aʁ.me\.
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 52946, this pair ranks #144,180 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of agréer vs armer
Shared letters: aer. Private to "agréer": gé. Private to "armer": m.
"agréer" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC · "armer" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- armer ← amrer · aremr · armerr · armmer · armre · arrmer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "agréer" and "armer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "agréer" or "armer"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "agréer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "armer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #144,180 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agréer" and "armer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agréer vs agrégés". 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 #144,180 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.