accrue

\a.kʁy\

/\a.kʁy\/ noun

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The verdict

“accrue” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,775. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,775
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Accroissement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-accrue · accrue · French

accrue · rank #9,775 · 6 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,775
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH abords

Nearest frequency peer: abords (-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 « accrue »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « accrue » 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).

accrue vs acre
67% similar
accrue vs ancre
67% similar
accrue vs accusé
50% similar

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

Key facts for accrue
PropertyValue
Headwordaccrue
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.kʁy\
Letters6
Frequency rank#9,775
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « accrue »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).accruese 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 « abords » (#9,774), « addition » (#9,776), « abondance » (#9,773). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « accrue » est au #9,775. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around accrue (IPA \a.kʁy\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,775 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for accrue, with forms such as "accreu", "accrrue", and "accure". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "acre", "ancre", "accusé", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is accrue, spelled A-C-C-R-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Accroissement.
  2. 2
    Accroissement.
  3. 3
    Maille ajoutée à un rang de mailles.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Accrue de bois, augmentation de l’étendue d’un bois, qui se fait naturellement, sans qu’on ait planté ni semé.
  2. Toutes accrues [terres envahies par les bois voisins] sont reputées vaines pastures.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • accreu
  • accrrue
  • accure
  • acrcue
  • acrue
  • cacrue

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of accrue - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

accreu2accrrue1accure2acrcue2acrue1cacrue2
Edit distance from "accrue"

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 "accrue"?
"accrue" is spelled A-C-C-R-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.kʁy\.
What does "accrue" mean?
As a noun, "accrue" means: Accroissement.
What words are commonly confused with "accrue"?
"accrue" is commonly confused with "acre", "ancre", "accusé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "accrue"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "accrue" is \a.kʁy\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "accrue" come from?
"accrue" 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 "accrue", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

abords#9,774visent#9,767violon#9,766audace#9,787

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

bulles6 variantstrip6 variantscerf6 variantsTerry6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list