accu

\a.ky\

/\a.ky\/ noun

The verdict

“accu” is uncommon French (frequency #72,042 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,042
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Accumulateur destiné à fournir de l’électricité.

Corpus desk

Index FR-accu · accu · French

accu · rank #72,042 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,042
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH accidentées

Nearest frequency peer: accidentées (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « accu »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « accu » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for accu
PropertyValue
Headwordaccu
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.ky\
Letters4
Frequency rank#72,042
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « accu » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).accutombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « accidentées » (#72,041), « acropolis » (#72,043), « académisme » (#72,040). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « accu » est au #72,042. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

accu is uncommon French at frequency #72,042 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.ky\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

accu doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is accu, spelled A-C-C-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Accumulateur destiné à fournir de l’électricité.
  2. 2
    Réserve d'énergie qu’une personne détient en elle-même.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. J’ai un chargeur d’accus qui me servait autrefois pour charger mes accus pour appareil de T. S. F.
  2. « N’est-ce pas un peu trop tôt pour publier un nouveau livre ? Vous avez rudement déchargé vos accus pour La Colère. Êtes-vous certain d’avoir eu le temps de le recharger ?… »

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 "accu"?
"accu" is spelled A-C-C-U. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ky\.
What does "accu" mean?
As a noun, "accu" means: Accumulateur destiné à fournir de l’électricité.
How do you pronounce "accu"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "accu" is \a.ky\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "accu" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list