accoster

\a.kɔs.te\

/\a.kɔs.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“accoster” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,793. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,793
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se placer le long de et à côté de.

Corpus desk

Index FR-accoster · accoster · French

accoster · rank #35,793 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,793
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH abréger

Nearest frequency peer: abréger (-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 « accoster »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « accoster » 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).

accoster vs accuser
75% similar
accoster vs accepter
75% similar
accoster vs accorder
75% similar

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

Key facts for accoster
PropertyValue
Headwordaccoster
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.kɔs.te\
Letters8
Frequency rank#35,793
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « accoster »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).accosterse 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 « abréger » (#35,792), « accrochées » (#35,794), « aboyer » (#35,791). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « accoster » est au #35,793. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around accoster (IPA \a.kɔs.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #35,793 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for accoster, with forms such as "accosetr", "accosster", and "accosterr". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "accuser", "accepter", "accorder", 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is accoster, spelled A-C-C-O-S-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Se placer le long de et à côté de.
  2. 2
    Aborder quelqu’un qu’on rencontre pour lui parler.
  3. 3
    Conclure, aboutir.
  4. 4
    Fréquenter (quelqu’un).
  5. 5
    S’appuyer contre. (Note : s'utilise avec contre.)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. […] et déjà nous accostions à l'estacade du bois de la Chaise, un bois de pins tristes et d’yeuses superbes, aux troncs tordus, au feuillage presque noir.
  2. Après un gros effort, nous accostâmes un grand floe sur lequel nous nous amarrâmes avec des ancres à glace.

This word in other languages

acostar(Español)festmachen(Deutsch)acostar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • accosetr
  • accosster
  • accosterr
  • accostre
  • accostter
  • accotser
  • accsoter
  • acocster
  • acoster
  • cacoster

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

accosetr2accosster1accosterr1accostre2accostter1accotser2accsoter2acocster2
Edit distance from "accoster"

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 "accoster"?
"accoster" is spelled A-C-C-O-S-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.kɔs.te\.
What does "accoster" mean?
As a verb, "accoster" means: Se placer le long de et à côté de.
What words are commonly confused with "accoster"?
"accoster" is commonly confused with "accuser", "accepter", "accorder". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "accoster"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "accoster" is \a.kɔs.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "accoster" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

abordage#35,790apprises#35,810arrangée#35,811vécurent#35,775

Similar misspelling depth

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

altérée10 variantsanarcho10 variantsvisionné10 variantsvirales10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list