Which to use
“agresse” and “agressée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,606
- “agresse” frequency rank
- #20,039
- “agressée” frequency rank
- 46645
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agresse | agressée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe agresser. | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe agresser. |
Where the eye mixes agresse and agressée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. agresse runs 7 letters (VCCVCCV) against agressée's 8 (VCCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses agresse with agressée
A purely visual mix-up. agresse (\a.ɡʁɛs\) and agressée (\a.ɡʁɛ.se\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46645, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
agresse is recorded at frequency rank #26,606, classified as averb, pronounced \a.ɡʁɛs\. agressée is at rank #20,039, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.ɡʁɛ.se\.
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 46645, this pair ranks #193,309 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of agresse vs agressée
Shared letters: aegrs. Private to "agresse": -. Private to "agressée": é.
"agresse" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "agressée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- agresse ← agersse · aggresse · agrese · agreses · agrresse · agrsese · argesse · garesse
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "agresse" for "agressée" ever safe?
Frequency check: "agresse" vs "agressée" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "agresse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "agressée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #193,309 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agresse" and "agressée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agrégée vs agresse". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #193,309 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.