accordailles
\a.kɔʁ.daj\
The verdict
“accordailles” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Réunion qui se fait pour signer les articles d’un contrat de mariage.
Corpus desk
Index FR-accordailles · accordailles · French
accordailles · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | accordailles |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.kɔʁ.daj\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
accordailles is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.kɔʁ.daj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for accordailles in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is accordailles, spelled A-C-C-O-R-D-A-I-L-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Réunion qui se fait pour signer les articles d’un contrat de mariage.
- 2Fiançailles.
- 3Union.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how accordailles appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Y a que je viens te prier de prier mam’selle Suzon, ta fille, et toi, de venir assister en propres personnes au repas du festin de mes accordailles, dans un cabaret, avec une jolie demoiselle, que je donne là au coin de la rue.
Les accordailles se font toujours entre le jeune homme et la jeune fille, les parents n’étant consultés que par la suite. S’ils ne refusent pas leur consentement, les deux familles se réunissent, et le prêtre a mission de rédiger le contrat.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.