accorder

\a.kɔʁ.de\

/\a.kɔʁ.de\/ verb

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The verdict

“accorder” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,458. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,458
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mettre d’accord.

Corpus desk

Index FR-accorder · accorder · French

accorder · rank #4,458 · 10 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,458
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH achats

Nearest frequency peer: achats (+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 « accorder »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « accorder » 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).

accorder vs accords
75% similar
accorder vs accordez
88% similar
accorder vs accoster
75% similar

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

Key facts for accorder
PropertyValue
Headwordaccorder
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.kɔʁ.de\
Letters8
Frequency rank#4,458
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « accorder »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.accorderse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « achats » (#4,459), « vs » (#4,456), « actuelles » (#4,460). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « accorder » est au #4,458. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around accorder (IPA \a.kɔʁ.de\), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,458 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 12 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for accorder, with forms such as "accodrer", "accordder", and "accorderr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "accords", "accordez", "accoster", 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 its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is accorder, spelled A-C-C-O-R-D-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mettre d’accord.
  2. 2
    Ne pas rejeter ce qu'on vous propose, ne pas refuser ce qui est demandé ; reconnaître pour vrai.
  3. 3
    Concilier de façon à ôter l’apparence de contradiction.
  4. 4
    Convenir.
  5. 5
    Établir la justesse d’un instrument de musique grâce à un diapason, selon le rapport exact entre les notes de la gamme tempérée.
  6. 6
    Mettre plusieurs instruments au même diapason.
  7. 7
    Assortir les couleurs et les nuances de manière à produire un effet harmonieux.
  8. 8
    Octroyer ; concéder.
  9. 9
    Mettre entre les mots d'une même phrase la concordance que prescrit la syntaxe.
  10. 10
    Joindre, c'est en montant les pièces de marbre, les faire affleurer, les faire joindre avant de les polir.
  11. 11
    Se mettre d'accord ; s'entendre sur un sujet.
  12. 12
    Se fiancer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Accorder les cœurs. — Accorder une personne avec une autre.
  2. Ces deux hommes étaient en procès, en querelle, on vient de les accorder. — Nous tâcherons de nous accorder.

Synonyms

accepterajusterconcéderharmoniseroctroyer

Antonyms

refuser

This word in other languages

attune(English)acordar(Español)stimmen(Deutsch)concordar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • accodrer
  • accordder
  • accorderr
  • accordre
  • accoredr
  • accorrder
  • accroder
  • acocrder
  • acorder
  • cacorder

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of accorder - 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.

accodrer2accordder1accorderr1accordre2accoredr2accorrder1accroder2acocrder2
Edit distance from "accorder"

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 "accorder"?
"accorder" is spelled A-C-C-O-R-D-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.kɔʁ.de\.
What does "accorder" mean?
As a verb, "accorder" means: Mettre d’accord.
What words are commonly confused with "accorder"?
"accorder" is commonly confused with "accords", "accordez", "accoster". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "accorder"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "accorder" is \a.kɔʁ.de\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "accorder" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

admettre#4,461affirmer#4,462vocation#4,454criminel#4,479

Similar misspelling depth

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

utilité10 variantsexister10 variantsintense10 variantsjoindre10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list