accident

\ak.si.dɑ̃\

/\ak.si.dɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“accident” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,407. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,407
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Événement inattendu qui survient par hasard.

Corpus desk

Index FR-accident · accident · French

accident · rank #1,407 · 10 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,407
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH courage

Nearest frequency peer: courage (+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 « accident »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « accident » 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).

accident vs aident
75% similar
accident vs ancient
75% similar
accident vs accusent
75% similar

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

Key facts for accident
PropertyValue
Headwordaccident
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ak.si.dɑ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#1,407
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « accident »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « courage » (#1,408), « tribunal » (#1,405), « dites » (#1,409). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « accident » est au #1,407. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around accident (IPA \ak.si.dɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,407 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for accident, with forms such as "accdient", "acciddent", and "accidennt". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "aident", "ancient", "accusent", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is accident, spelled A-C-C-I-D-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Événement inattendu qui survient par hasard.
  2. 2
    Événement qui ne porte pas à conséquence pour celui qui le vit.
  3. 3
    Événement impromptu causant des dégâts corporels ou matériels.
  4. 4
    Affection qui survient brutalement.
  5. 5
    Ce qui peut être modifié dans un objet sans en détruire ou en altérer la substance.
  6. 6
    Terme utilisé en parlant du sacrement de l’eucharistie pour décrire la figure, la couleur, la saveur, etc., qui subsistent après la consécration.
  7. 7
    Signe d’altération placé devant une note : dièse, bémol, bécarre.
  8. 8
    En tectonique, surface de contact anormal mécanique dans la continuité d’un banc ou d’une couche comme les failles, les décrochements et les charriages.
  9. 9
    Chute brutale de la dénivellation.
  10. 10
    Concentration localisée d’éléments.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La Verse ou le versage des blés, et de beaucoup de plantes céréales, est un accident occasionné, ou par de grands vents, des orages, de fortes pluies, ou par le trop d'embonpoint que prennent les plantes dans les temps chauds et humides.
  2. Vous avez l’air de croire que la mort est un accident, et que c’est une catastrophe qui m’est personnelle. Mais pas du tout !

This word in other languages

accident(English)accidente(Español)Zufall(Deutsch)acidente(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • accdient
  • acciddent
  • accidennt
  • accidentt
  • accidetn
  • accidnet
  • acciednt
  • acicdent
  • acident
  • cacident

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of accident - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

accdient2acciddent1accidennt1accidentt1accidetn2accidnet2acciednt2acicdent2
Edit distance from "accident"

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 "accident"?
"accident" is spelled A-C-C-I-D-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ak.si.dɑ̃\.
What does "accident" mean?
As a noun, "accident" means: Événement inattendu qui survient par hasard.
What words are commonly confused with "accident"?
"accident" is commonly confused with "aident", "ancient", "accusent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "accident"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "accident" is \ak.si.dɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "accident" come from?
"accident" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tribunal#1,405sociétés#1,404regardez#1,402festival#1,413

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

approche10 variantsmoindre10 variantsNicolas10 variantspartage10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list