accidentel

\ak.si.dɑ̃.tɛl\

/\ak.si.dɑ̃.tɛl\/ adj

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The verdict

“accidentel” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,092. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,092
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui arrive par accident.

Corpus desk

Index FR-accidentel · accidentel · French

accidentel · rank #24,092 · 13 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,092
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH acceptons

Nearest frequency peer: acceptons (-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 « accidentel »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « accidentel » 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).

accidentel vs accidents
80% similar
accidentel vs accidentés
80% similar
accidentel vs accidentelle
83% similar

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

Key facts for accidentel
PropertyValue
Headwordaccidentel
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ak.si.dɑ̃.tɛl\
Letters10
Frequency rank#24,092
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « accidentel »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.accidentelse 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 « acceptons » (#24,091), « affamé » (#24,093), « abaisse » (#24,090). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « accidentel » est au #24,092. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around accidentel (IPA \ak.si.dɑ̃.tɛl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #24,092 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for accidentel, with forms such as "accdientel", "acciddentel", and "accidenetl". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "accidents", "accidentés", "accidentelle", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is accidentel, spelled A-C-C-I-D-E-N-T-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui arrive par accident.
  2. 2
    Qui n’est dans un sujet que par accident et qui pourrait ne pas y être sans que le sujet fût détruit.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cette circonstance est purement accidentelle.
  2. La découverte du four à micro-ondes a été accidentelle.

This word in other languages

accidental(English)accidental(Español)zufällig(Deutsch)acidental(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • accdientel
  • acciddentel
  • accidenetl
  • accidenntel
  • accidentell
  • accidentle
  • accidenttel
  • accidetnel
  • accidnetel
  • acciedntel
  • acicdentel
  • acidentel
  • cacidentel

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of accidentel - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

accdientel2acciddentel1accidenetl2accidenntel1accidentell1accidentle2accidenttel1accidetnel2
Edit distance from "accidentel"

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 "accidentel"?
"accidentel" is spelled A-C-C-I-D-E-N-T-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is \ak.si.dɑ̃.tɛl\.
What does "accidentel" mean?
As an adjective, "accidentel" means: Qui arrive par accident.
What words are commonly confused with "accidentel"?
"accidentel" is commonly confused with "accidents", "accidentés", "accidentelle". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "accidentel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "accidentel" is \ak.si.dɑ̃.tɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "accidentel" come from?
"accidentel" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Alessandro#24,094écrasement#24,085arriverais#24,105athlétique#24,108

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

vieillards13 variantsattractive13 variantstéléfilm13 variantstropiques13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list