agrovsaigriConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#14,842
“agro” frequency rank
#32,264
“aigri” frequency rank
47106
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agro aigri
Definition Aigre. Rendu aigre.

Where the eye mixes agro and aigri

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. agro runs 4 letters (VCCV) against aigri's 5 (VVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
agro
5 ch
aigri

Why the eye confuses agro with aigri

A purely visual mix-up. agro (\ˈa.ɣɾo\) and aigri (\ɛ.ɡʁi\) 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 47106, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

agro is recorded at frequency rank #14,842, classified as anadj, pronounced \ˈa.ɣɾo\. aigri is at rank #32,264, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ.ɡʁi\.

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 47106, this pair ranks #189,577 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of agro vs aigri

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

"agro" · 4 letters · shape VCCV  ·  "aigri" · 5 letters · shape VVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • agro ← aggro · agor · agrro · garo
  • aigri ← agiri · aiggri · aigir · aigrri · airgi · iagri

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "agro" and "aigri" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ˈa.ɣɾo\ versus \ɛ.ɡʁi\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "agro" or "aigri"?
"agro" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,842 in our French list, against #32,264 for "aigri". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "agro" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aigri" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #189,577 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "agro" and "aigri" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aigri vs aigris". 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 #189,577 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