accroître

\a.kʁwatʁ\

/\a.kʁwatʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“accroître” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,395. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,395
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Augmenter ; rendre plus grand ou plus étendu.

Corpus desk

Index FR-accroitre · accroître · French

accroître · rank #7,395 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,395
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH évoquer

Nearest frequency peer: évoquer (-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 « accroître »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « accroître » 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).

accroître vs accroît
78% similar

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

Key facts for accroître
PropertyValue
Headwordaccroître
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.kʁwatʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#7,395
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « accroître »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).accroîtrese 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 « évoquer » (#7,394), « Étienne » (#7,393), « agisse » (#7,397). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « accroître » est au #7,395. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around accroître (IPA \a.kʁwatʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,395 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for accroître, with forms such as "accorître", "accroitre", and "accrotîre". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "accroît", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is accroître, spelled A-C-C-R-O-Î-T-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Augmenter ; rendre plus grand ou plus étendu.
  2. 2
    Aller en augmentant, devenir plus grand.
  3. 3
    Revenir au profit de quelqu’un par la renonciation ou l’empêchement d’une autre personne, en parlant d'une chose.
  4. 4
    Aller en augmentant, devenir plus grand.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Au cœur du modèle néolibéral, le libre-échange sans précaution a accru le phénomène des délocalisations.
  2. … l'assassinat de la duchesse de Praslin, par son mari, pair de France, accrurent l'irritation publique.

This word in other languages

increase(English)incrementar(Español)vermehren(Deutsch)aumentar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • accorître
  • accroitre
  • accrotîre
  • accroîrte
  • accroîter
  • accroîtrre
  • accroîttre
  • accrroître
  • accrîotre
  • acrcoître
  • acroître
  • cacroître

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of accroître - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

accorître2accroitre1accrotîre2accroîrte2accroîter2accroîtrre1accroîttre1accrroître1
Edit distance from "accroître"

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 "accroître"?
"accroître" is spelled A-C-C-R-O-Î-T-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.kʁwatʁ\.
What does "accroître" mean?
As a verb, "accroître" means: Augmenter ; rendre plus grand ou plus étendu.
What words are commonly confused with "accroître"?
"accroître" is commonly confused with "accroît". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "accroître"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "accroître" is \a.kʁwatʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "accroître" come from?
"accroître" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

bracelet12 variantstrouvant12 variantscellulaire12 variantscomposer12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list