Which to use
“agrégé” is an adjective and “agrégée” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,041
- “agrégé” frequency rank
- #45,987
- “agrégée” frequency rank
- 66028
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agrégé | agrégée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Se dit des parties d’une plante agglomérées sur une petite surface. | Celle qui a subi avec succès les épreuves d’un concours d’agrégation. |
Same sound, different letters: agrégé vs agrégée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. agrégé runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against agrégée's 7 (VCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - agrégé and agrégée
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: agrégé and agrégée carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.ɡʁe.ʒe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “agrégé” sits inside “agrégée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66028, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
agrégé is recorded at frequency rank #20,041, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.ɡʁe.ʒe\. 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 66028, this pair ranks #69,645 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of agrégé vs agrégée
Shared letters: agré. Private to "agrégé": -. Private to "agrégée": e.
"agrégé" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "agrégée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
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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 "agrégé" 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 #69,645 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agrégé" and "agrégée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agrégat vs agrégée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #69,645 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.