Which to use
“agresse” and “agressées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,606
- “agresse” frequency rank
- #43,252
- “agressées” frequency rank
- 69858
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agresse | agressées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe agresser. | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe agresser. |
Where the eye mixes agresse and agressées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. agresse runs 7 letters (VCCVCCV) against agressées's 9 (VCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: agresse vs agressées
A purely visual mix-up. agresse (\a.ɡʁɛs\) and agressées (\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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69858, 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\. agressées is at rank #43,252, 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 69858, this pair ranks #53,521 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of agresse vs agressées
Shared letters: aegrs. Private to "agresse": -. Private to "agressées": é.
"agresse" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "agressées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- agresse ← agersse · aggresse · agrese · agreses · agrresse · agrsese · argesse · garesse
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "agresse" and "agressées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "agresse" vs "agressées" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "agresse" and "agressées" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "agresse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "agressées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #53,521 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agresse" and "agressées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agréées vs agressées". 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 #53,521 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.