agressevsagresséesTell them apart

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.

7 ch
agresse
9 ch
agressées

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

  • agresseagersse · aggresse · agrese · agreses · agrresse · agrsese · argesse · garesse

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "agresse" and "agressées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\a.ɡʁɛs\ versus \a.ɡʁɛ.se\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "agresse" vs "agressées" - which ranks higher?
"agresse" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,606 in our French list, against #43,252 for "agressées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list