access

/\ˈæk.sɛs\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#18,105

in French word usage

Misspellings

4

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

access is aFrenchnoun. It means: Accès. Pronounced \ˈæk.sɛs\. Often confused with aces and actes.

Key facts for access
PropertyValue
Headwordaccess
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈæk.sɛs\
Letters6
Frequency rank#18,105
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of access in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for access is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ˈæk.sɛs\. Corpus data places it at rank #18,105 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 4 documented wrong-spelling variants for access, with forms such as "accses", "acecss", and "acess". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "aces", "actes", "accusé", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is access, spelled A-C-C-E-S-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Accès.
  2. 2
    Accès. Action d’accéder une donnée.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: accses,acecss,acess,cacess

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for access

Misspelling Variants of "access"

accses6acecss6acess5cacess6
Misspelling Variants of "access"

Frequency rank: #18,105 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "access"?
"access" is spelled A-C-C-E-S-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈæk.sɛs\.
What does "access" mean?
As a noun, "access" means: Accès.
What words are commonly confused with "access"?
"access" is commonly confused with "aces", "actes", "accusé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "access"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "access" is \ˈæk.sɛs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "access" come from?
"access" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby French words

Other entries that begin with the letter A in our French index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.