agrémentsvsâprementTell them apart

Quick tell: agréments is a noun, âprement is an adverb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“agréments” is a noun and “âprement” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#45,420
“agréments” frequency rank
#47,696
“âprement” frequency rank
93116
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agréments âprement
Definition Pluriel de agrément. Avec âpreté, d'une manière âpre.

Where the eye mixes agréments and âprement

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. agréments runs 9 letters (VCCVCVCCC) against âprement's 8 (VCCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
agréments
8 ch
âprement

Visual trap between agréments and âprement

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: agréments is \a.ɡʁe.mɑ̃\ while âprement is \ɑ.pʁə.mɑ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adverb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 93116, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

agréments is recorded at frequency rank #45,420, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.ɡʁe.mɑ̃\. âprement is at rank #47,696, tagged as anadv, pronounced \ɑ.pʁə.mɑ̃\.

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 93116, this pair ranks #2,505 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of agréments vs âprement

Shared letters: emnrt. Private to "agréments": agsé. Private to "âprement": pâ.

"agréments" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCCC  ·  "âprement" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "agréments" for "âprement" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "agréments" is a noun and "âprement" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "agréments" or "âprement"?
"agréments" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #45,420 in our French list, against #47,696 for "âprement". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "agréments" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "âprement" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #2,505 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "agréments" and "âprement" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agreement vs âprement". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #2,505 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