accueillir

\a.kœ.jiʁ\

/\a.kœ.jiʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“accueillir” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,806. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,806
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire un accueil, recevoir en bien ou en mal quelqu’un ou quelque chose qui arrive.

Corpus desk

Index FR-accueillir · accueillir · French

accueillir · rank #2,806 · 10 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,806
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH établi

Nearest frequency peer: établi (-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 « accueillir »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « accueillir » 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).

accueillir vs accueillis
90% similar
accueillir vs accueillit
90% similar
accueillir vs accueille
80% similar

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

Key facts for accueillir
PropertyValue
Headwordaccueillir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.kœ.jiʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#2,806
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « accueillir »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).accueillirse 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 « établi » (#2,805), « Alpes » (#2,807), « ultra » (#2,804). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « accueillir » est au #2,806. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around accueillir (IPA \a.kœ.jiʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #2,806 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for accueillir, with forms such as "acceuillir", "accueililr", and "accueilir". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "accueillis", "accueillit", "accueille", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is accueillir, spelled A-C-C-U-E-I-L-L-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Faire un accueil, recevoir en bien ou en mal quelqu’un ou quelque chose qui arrive.
  2. 2
    Surprendre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ainsi présentée, la demande ne pouvait pas ne pas être accueillie, mais ce ne fut pas sans déchirements.
  2. Et quand elle se sentit définitivement seule et abandonnée, Yasmina se rendit chez ses deux amies qui l’accueillirent avec joie.

This word in other languages

welcome(English)acoger(Español)empfangen(Deutsch)acolher(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acceuillir
  • accueililr
  • accueilir
  • accueillirr
  • accueillri
  • accuelilir
  • accuiellir
  • acuceillir
  • acueillir
  • cacueillir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

acceuillir2accueililr2accueilir1accueillirr1accueillri2accuelilir2accuiellir2acuceillir2
Edit distance from "accueillir"

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 "accueillir"?
"accueillir" is spelled A-C-C-U-E-I-L-L-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.kœ.jiʁ\.
What does "accueillir" mean?
As a verb, "accueillir" means: Faire un accueil, recevoir en bien ou en mal quelqu’un ou quelque chose qui arrive.
What words are commonly confused with "accueillir"?
"accueillir" is commonly confused with "accueillis", "accueillit", "accueille". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "accueillir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "accueillir" is \a.kœ.jiʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "accueillir" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

automobile#2,810deviennent#2,818poursuivre#2,792gouverneur#2,824

Similar misspelling depth

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

gardien10 variantsmarques10 variantspositif10 variantsétudier10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list