Which to use
“agresse” and “agressés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,606
- “agresse” frequency rank
- #29,625
- “agressés” frequency rank
- 56231
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agresse | agressés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe agresser. | Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe agresser. |
Where the eye mixes agresse and agressés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. agresse runs 7 letters (VCCVCCV) against agressés's 8 (VCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: agresse vs agressés
A purely visual mix-up. agresse (\a.ɡʁɛs\) and agressés (\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 56231, 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\. agressés is at rank #29,625, 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 56231, this pair ranks #122,395 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of agresse vs agressés
Shared letters: aegrs. Private to "agresse": -. Private to "agressés": é.
"agresse" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "agressés" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- agresse ← agersse · aggresse · agrese · agreses · agrresse · agrsese · argesse · garesse
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "agresse" and "agressés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "agresse" or "agressés" show up more?
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 "agresse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "agressés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #122,395 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agresse" and "agressés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agrégés vs agressés". 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 #122,395 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.