accident
\ak.si.dɑ̃\
The verdict
“accident” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #1,407 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,407
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Événement inattendu qui survient par hasard.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | accident |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ak.si.dɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #1,407 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “accident” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for accident is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ak.si.dɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,407 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1Événement inattendu qui survient par hasard.
- 2Événement qui ne porte pas à conséquence pour celui qui le vit.
- 3Événement impromptu causant des dégâts corporels ou matériels.
- 4Affection qui survient brutalement.
- 5Ce qui peut être modifié dans un objet sans en détruire ou en altérer la substance.
- 6Terme utilisé en parlant du sacrement de l’eucharistie pour décrire la figure, la couleur, la saveur, etc., qui subsistent après la consécration.
- 7Signe d’altération placé devant une note : dièse, bémol, bécarre.
- 8En tectonique, surface de contact anormal mécanique dans la continuité d’un banc ou d’une couche comme les failles, les décrochements et les charriages.
- 9Chute brutale de la dénivellation.
- 10Concentration localisée d’éléments.
This word in other languages
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.
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.
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Using “accident”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-C-C-I-D-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ak.si.dɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “aident” - see the side-by-side comparison. accident vs aident
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.