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“agressées” and “agressent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#43,252
“agressées” frequency rank
#39,141
“agressent” frequency rank
82393
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agressées agressent
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe agresser. Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe agresser.

Where the eye mixes agressées and agressent

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. agressées (VCCVCCVVC) and agressent (VCCVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

9 ch
agressées
9 ch
agressent

Look-alike desk: agressées vs agressent

A purely visual mix-up. agressées (\a.ɡʁɛ.se\) and agressent (\a.ɡʁɛs\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82393, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

agressées is recorded at frequency rank #43,252, classified as averb, pronounced \a.ɡʁɛ.se\. agressent is at rank #39,141, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.ɡʁɛs\.

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 82393, this pair ranks #16,826 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of agressées vs agressent

Shared letters: aegrs. Private to "agressées": é. Private to "agressent": nt.

"agressées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC  ·  "agressent" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • agressentagerssent · aggressent · agresent · agresesnt · agressennt · agressentt · agressetn · agressnet

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "agressées" and "agressent" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\a.ɡʁɛ.se\ versus \a.ɡʁɛs\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "agressées" or "agressent"?
"agressent" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #39,141 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.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "agressées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "agressent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #16,826 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "agressées" and "agressent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agreement vs agressent". 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 #16,826 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