agrégéevsagrégésWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: agrégée is a noun, agrégés is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

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.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set agrégée and agrégés apart are highlighted. They share 6 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

7 ch
agrégée
7 ch
agrégés

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

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

Frequency comparison

agrégée#45,987
agrégés#47,713

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "agrégée" and "agrégés" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "agrégée" is a noun and "agrégés" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "agrégée" or "agrégés"?
"agrégée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #45,987 in our French list, against #47,713 for "agrégés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering agrégée vs agrégés

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “agrégée”; for an adjective, it's “agrégés”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “agrégée” entry
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

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