accélérer

\ak.se.le.ʁe\

/\ak.se.le.ʁe\/ verb

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The verdict

“accélérer” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,778. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,778
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rendre plus rapide.

Corpus desk

Index FR-accelerer · accélérer · French

accélérer · rank #7,778 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,778
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH aboutir

Nearest frequency peer: aboutir (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « accélérer »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « accélérer » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

accélérer vs accéléré
78% similar
accélérer vs accélérée
78% similar
accélérer vs accélèrent
70% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for accélérer
PropertyValue
Headwordaccélérer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ak.se.le.ʁe\
Letters9
Frequency rank#7,778
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « accélérer »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).accélérerse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « aboutir » (#7,777), « acquise » (#7,779), « éternité » (#7,776). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « accélérer » est au #7,778. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around accélérer (IPA \ak.se.le.ʁe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,778 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for accélérer, with forms such as "accelerer", "accléérer", and "accéllérer". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "accéléré", "accélérée", "accélèrent", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is accélérer, spelled A-C-C-É-L-É-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rendre plus rapide.
  2. 2
    Augmenter la vitesse, la célérité.
  3. 3
    Relancer
  4. 4
    Devenir plus rapide.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how accélérer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les machinistes prenaient leurs postes, les figurants se massaient en reculant vers le troisième plan, et le régisseur gesticulait pour accélérer la manœuvre.
  2. L'espèce humaine elle-même, par ses déboisements acharnés au cours des siècles, a fini par créer des conditions telle que l'œuvre aveugle de la destruction de la montagne s'est trouvée accélérée.

Synonyms

viburer

Antonyms

décélérerfreinerralentir

This word in other languages

accelerate(English)acelerar(Español)beschleunigen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • accelerer
  • accléérer
  • accéllérer
  • accélréer
  • accéléerr
  • accélérerr
  • accélérre
  • accélérrer
  • accéélrer
  • acéclérer
  • acélérer
  • cacélérer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of accélérer - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

accelerer2accléérer2accéllérer1accélréer2accéléerr2accélérerr1accélérre2accélérrer1
Edit distance from "accélérer"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "accélérer"?
"accélérer" is spelled A-C-C-É-L-É-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ak.se.le.ʁe\.
What does "accélérer" mean?
As a verb, "accélérer" means: Rendre plus rapide.
What words are commonly confused with "accélérer"?
"accélérer" is commonly confused with "accéléré", "accélérée", "accélèrent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "accélérer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "accélérer" is \ak.se.le.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "accélérer" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "accélérer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

suffrages#7,764Brunswick#7,794chaussure#7,795sculpture#7,760

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

éternité12 variantscirculer12 variantscompteur12 variantsdominant12 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list