agrégatvsagrégéeConfusable pair

Which to use

“agrégat” and “agrégée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#49,466
“agrégat” frequency rank
#45,987
“agrégée” frequency rank
95453
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agrégat agrégée
Definition Assemblage, ensemble, réunion, d'éléments distincts sans l'organisation qu'a par exemple un organisme biologique. Celle qui a subi avec succès les épreuves d’un concours d’agrégation.

Where the eye mixes agrégat and agrégée

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
agrégat
7 ch
agrégée

Visual trap between agrégat and agrégée

A purely visual mix-up. agrégat (\a.ɡʁe.ɡa\) and agrégée (\a.ɡʁe.ʒe\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 95453, 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\. 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 95453, this pair ranks #1,086 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of agrégat vs agrégée

Shared letters: agré. Private to "agrégat": t. Private to "agrégée": e.

"agrégat" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC  ·  "agrégée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "agrégat" for "agrégée" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\a.ɡʁe.ɡa\ versus \a.ɡʁe.ʒe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "agrégat" vs "agrégée" - which ranks higher?
"agrégée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #45,987 in our French list, against #49,466 for "agrégat". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "agrégat" 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 #1,086 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "agrégat" and "agrégée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agrégat vs agrégés". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,086 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