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

#39,142
“agri” frequency rank
#14,842
“agro” frequency rank
53984
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agri agro
Definition Pluriel de agro. Aigre.

Where the eye mixes agri and agro

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. agri and agro follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
agri
4 ch
agro

Why the eye confuses agri with agro

A purely visual mix-up. agri (\ˈa.ɡri\) and agro (\ˈa.ɣɾo\) 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 a single letter - i in “agri” becomes o in “agro”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53984, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

agri is recorded at frequency rank #39,142, classified as anadj, pronounced \ˈa.ɡri\. agro is at rank #14,842, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ˈa.ɣɾo\.

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 53984, this pair ranks #137,092 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of agri vs agro

Shared letters: agr. Private to "agri": i. Private to "agro": o.

"agri" · 4 letters · shape VCCV  ·  "agro" · 4 letters · shape VCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • agri ← aggri · agrri · argi · gari
  • agro ← aggro · agor · agrro · garo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "agri" for "agro" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ˈa.ɡri\ versus \ˈa.ɣɾo\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "agri" or "agro" show up more?
"agro" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,842 in our French list, against #39,142 for "agri". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "agri" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "agro" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #137,092 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "agri" and "agro" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agri vs aur". 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 #137,092 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