Which to use
“agressée” and “agresser” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,039
- “agressée” frequency rank
- #13,504
- “agresser” frequency rank
- 33543
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agressée | agresser |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe agresser. | Entamer par la force, par la contrainte, par la surprise ou par la ruse l’intégrité physique, psychologique ou sexuelle d’une personne. |
Where the eye mixes agressée and agresser
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. agressée (VCCVCCVV) and agresser (VCCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between agressée and agresser
A purely visual mix-up. agressée (\a.ɡʁɛ.se\) and agresser (\a.ɡʁe.se\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33543, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
agressée is recorded at frequency rank #20,039, classified as averb, pronounced \a.ɡʁɛ.se\. agresser is at rank #13,504, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.ɡʁe.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 33543, this pair ranks #289,926 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of agressée vs agresser
Shared letters: aegrs. Private to "agressée": é. Private to "agresser": -.
"agressée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV · "agresser" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- agresser ← agersser · aggresser · agreser · agresesr · agresserr · agressre · agrresser · agrseser
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "agressée" for "agresser" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "agressée" or "agresser" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "agressée" and "agresser" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "agressée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "agresser" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #289,926 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agressée" and "agresser" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agrégée vs agressée". 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 #289,926 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.