Which to use
“agressent” and “agressés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,141
- “agressent” frequency rank
- #29,625
- “agressés” frequency rank
- 68766
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agressent | agressés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe agresser. | Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe agresser. |
Where the eye mixes agressent and agressés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. agressent runs 9 letters (VCCVCCVCC) against agressés's 8 (VCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses agressent with agressés
A purely visual mix-up. agressent (\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 68766, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
agressent is recorded at frequency rank #39,141, 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 68766, this pair ranks #57,808 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of agressent vs agressés
Shared letters: aegrs. Private to "agressent": nt. Private to "agressés": é.
"agressent" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCC · "agressés" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- agressent ← agerssent · aggressent · agresent · agresesnt · agressennt · agressentt · agressetn · agressnet
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "agressent" for "agressés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "agressent" or "agressés"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "agressent" and "agressés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "agressent" 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 #57,808 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agressent" and "agressés" 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 #57,808 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.