Which to use
“agressées” is a verb and “agressifs” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,252
- “agressées” frequency rank
- #17,861
- “agressifs” frequency rank
- 61113
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agressées | agressifs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe agresser. | Masculin pluriel de agressif. |
Where the eye mixes agressées and agressifs
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. agressées (VCCVCCVVC) and agressifs (VCCVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses agressées with agressifs
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: agressées is \a.ɡʁɛ.se\ while agressifs is \a.ɡʁɛ.sif\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61113, 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\. agressifs is at rank #17,861, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.ɡʁɛ.sif\.
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 61113, this pair ranks #94,000 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of agressées vs agressifs
Shared letters: aegrs. Private to "agressées": é. Private to "agressifs": fi.
"agressées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC · "agressifs" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- agressifs ← agerssifs · aggressifs · agresifs · agresisfs · agressfis · agressiffs · agressifss · agressisf
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "agressées" for "agressifs" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "agressées" or "agressifs" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "agressées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "agressifs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #94,000 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agressées" and "agressifs" 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 #94,000 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.