Which to use
“agrégat” and “agrégats” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,466
- “agrégat” frequency rank
- #40,107
- “agrégats” frequency rank
- 89573
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agrégat | agrégats |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Assemblage, ensemble, réunion, d'éléments distincts sans l'organisation qu'a par exemple un organisme biologique. | Pluriel de agrégat. |
Same sound, different letters: agrégat vs agrégats
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. agrégat runs 7 letters (VCCVCVC) against agrégats's 8 (VCCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: agrégat vs agrégats
This is the hard kind. agrégat and agrégats are pronounced identically (\a.ɡʁe.ɡa\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “agrégat” sits inside “agrégats”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 89573, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
agrégat is recorded at frequency rank #49,466, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.ɡʁe.ɡa\. agrégats is at rank #40,107, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.ɡʁe.ɡa\.
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 89573, this pair ranks #5,643 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of agrégat vs agrégats
Shared letters: agrté. Private to "agrégat": -. Private to "agrégats": s.
"agrégat" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "agrégats" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "agrégat" for "agrégats" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "agrégat" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "agrégats" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #5,643 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agrégat" and "agrégats" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agrégat vs agrégés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #5,643 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.