Which to use
“agresser” and “agressés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,504
- “agresser” frequency rank
- #29,625
- “agressés” frequency rank
- 43129
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agresser | agressés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Entamer par la force, par la contrainte, par la surprise ou par la ruse l’intégrité physique, psychologique ou sexuelle d’une personne. | Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe agresser. |
Where the eye mixes agresser and agressés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. agresser and agressés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses agresser with agressés
A purely visual mix-up. agresser (\a.ɡʁe.se\) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43129, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
agresser is recorded at frequency rank #13,504, classified as averb, pronounced \a.ɡʁe.se\. 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 43129, this pair ranks #220,397 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of agresser vs agressés
Shared letters: aegrs. Private to "agresser": -. Private to "agressés": é.
"agresser" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "agressés" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- agresser ← agersser · aggresser · agreser · agresesr · agresserr · agressre · agrresser · agrseser
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "agresser" and "agressés" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "agresser" vs "agressés" - which ranks higher?
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 "agresser" 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 #220,397 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agresser" 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 #220,397 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.