accentuer

\ak.sɑ̃.tɥe\

/\ak.sɑ̃.tɥe\/ verb

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The verdict

“accentuer” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,323. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,323
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Marquer d’un accent.

Corpus desk

Index FR-accentuer · accentuer · French

accentuer · rank #17,323 · 11 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,323
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH abrégé

Nearest frequency peer: abrégé (-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 « accentuer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « accentuer » 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).

accentuer vs accepter
78% similar
accentuer vs accentué
78% similar
accentuer vs accentuée
78% similar

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

Key facts for accentuer
PropertyValue
Headwordaccentuer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ak.sɑ̃.tɥe\
Letters9
Frequency rank#17,323
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « accentuer »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.accentuerse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « abrégé » (#17,322), « accueillera » (#17,324), « Adolphe » (#17,326). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « accentuer » est au #17,323. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around accentuer (IPA \ak.sɑ̃.tɥe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #17,323 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for accentuer, with forms such as "accenntuer", "accenteur", and "accenttuer". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "accepter", "accentué", "accentuée", and more, 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is accentuer, spelled A-C-C-E-N-T-U-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Marquer d’un accent.
  2. 2
    Prononcer suivant les règles de l’accent tonique, et par extension prononcer avec netteté, avec force.
  3. 3
    Donner de l’intensité à une chose.
  4. 4
    Augmenter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On accentue ce mot, ce mot s’accentue, doit être accentué de telle manière.
  2. Vous avez bien accentué, mal accentué.

Synonyms

accroîtreaugmenterrenforcer

Antonyms

affaibliratténuerdiminuer

This word in other languages

accent(English)acentuar(Español)hervorheben(Deutsch)acentuar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • accenntuer
  • accenteur
  • accenttuer
  • accentuerr
  • accenture
  • accenuter
  • accetnuer
  • accnetuer
  • acecntuer
  • acentuer
  • cacentuer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

accenntuer1accenteur2accenttuer1accentuerr1accenture2accenuter2accetnuer2accnetuer2
Edit distance from "accentuer"

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 "accentuer"?
"accentuer" is spelled A-C-C-E-N-T-U-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ak.sɑ̃.tɥe\.
What does "accentuer" mean?
As a verb, "accentuer" means: Marquer d’un accent.
What words are commonly confused with "accentuer"?
"accentuer" is commonly confused with "accepter", "accentué", "accentuée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "accentuer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "accentuer" is \ak.sɑ̃.tɥe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "accentuer" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

adoration#17,329virginité#17,307appellera#17,340archaïque#17,341

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

accueillera11 variantsaménagée11 variantsaperçois11 variantsVirginia11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list