Which to use
“agrégée” is a noun and “agrégés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #45,987
- “agrégée” frequency rank
- #47,713
- “agrégés” frequency rank
- 93700
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agrégée | agrégés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celle qui a subi avec succès les épreuves d’un concours d’agrégation. | Masculin pluriel de agrégé. |
Same sound, different letters: agrégée vs agrégés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. agrégée (VCCVCVV) and agrégés (VCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: agrégée vs agrégés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: agrégée and agrégés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.ɡʁe.ʒe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - e in “agrégée” becomes s in “agrégés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 93700, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
agrégée is recorded at frequency rank #45,987, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.ɡʁe.ʒe\. agrégés is at rank #47,713, tagged as anadj, 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 93700, this pair ranks #2,102 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of agrégée vs agrégés
Shared letters: agré. Private to "agrégée": e. Private to "agrégés": s.
"agrégée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "agrégés" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "agrégée" / "agrégés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "agrégée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "agrégés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #2,102 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agrégée" and "agrégés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agrégat vs agrégés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #2,102 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.