agricolevsagricolesWhat's the difference?

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

#2,701
“agricole” frequency rank
#3,732
“agricoles” frequency rank
6433
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agricole agricoles
Definition Qui s’adonne à l’agriculture. Il est presque toujours joint à un nom collectif. Pluriel de agricole.

Same sound, different letters: agricole vs agricoles

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. agricole runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCV) against agricoles's 9 (VCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
agricole
9 ch
agricoles

Homophone desk: agricole vs agricoles

This is the hard kind. agricole and agricoles are pronounced identically (\a.ɡʁi.kɔl\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “agricole” sits inside “agricoles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6433, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

agricole is recorded at frequency rank #2,701, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.ɡʁi.kɔl\. agricoles is at rank #3,732, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.ɡʁi.kɔl\.

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 6433, this pair ranks #426,224 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of agricole vs agricoles

Shared letters: acegilor. Private to "agricole": -. Private to "agricoles": s.

"agricole" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV  ·  "agricoles" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • agricoleaggricole · agircole · agrciole · agriccole · agricloe · agricoel · agricolle · agriocle
  • agricolesaggricoles · agircoles · agrcioles · agriccoles · agricloes · agricoels · agricoless · agricolles

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "agricole" and "agricoles" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\a.ɡʁi.kɔl\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
In ordinary French text, does "agricole" or "agricoles" show up more?
"agricole" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,701 in our French list, against #3,732 for "agricoles". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

"agricole" and "agricoles" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "agricole" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "agricoles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #426,224 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • 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 #426,224 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