Which to use
“accorded” and “accrued” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,101
- “accorded” frequency rank
- #24,074
- “accrued” frequency rank
- 52175
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accorded | accrued |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of accord | simple past and past participle of accrue |
Where the eye mixes accorded and accrued
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. accorded runs 8 letters (VCCVCCVC) against accrued's 7 (VCCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: accorded vs accrued
A purely visual mix-up. accorded (/əˈkɔɹdɪd/) and accrued (/əˈkɹuːd/) 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 52175, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
accorded is recorded at frequency rank #28,101, classified as averb, pronounced /əˈkɔɹdɪd/. accrued is at rank #24,074, tagged as averb, pronounced /əˈkɹuːd/.
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 52175, this pair ranks #159,299 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of accorded vs accrued
Shared letters: acder. Private to "accorded": o. Private to "accrued": u.
"accorded" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "accrued" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "accorded" for "accrued" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "accorded" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "accrued" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #159,299 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accorded" and "accrued" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accorded vs accursed". 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 #159,299 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.