accuser
\a.ky.ze\
The verdict
“accuser” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #7,925 in French word frequency and used as a verb.
- #7,925
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Déférer à la justice quelqu’un comme coupable d’un délit, d’un crime.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | accuser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \a.ky.ze\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #7,925 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “accuser” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for accuser is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.ky.ze\. Corpus data places it at rank #7,925 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for accuser, with forms such as "accsuer", "accuesr", and "accuserr". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "amuser", "accuses", "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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is accuser, spelled A-C-C-U-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Déférer à la justice quelqu’un comme coupable d’un délit, d’un crime.
- 2Poursuivre, en vertu d’un arrêt de la chambre des mises en accusation, une personne devant la Cour d’assises pour la faire déclarer coupable du crime qu’on lui impute et pour obtenir sa condamnation.
- 3Présenter quelqu’un comme coupable de quelque faute ou de quelque défaut.
- 4Indiquer ; présenter.
- 5Blâmer, reprendre.
- 6Servir de preuve, ou au moins d’indice contre quelqu’un ou quelque chose.
- 7Déclarer ses péchés au prêtre.
- 8Faire connaître ce que les règles veulent qu’on déclare.
- 9Dire ressentir telle douleur, etc.
- 10Marquer, donner avis qu’on l’a reçu.
- 11Indiquer, faire sentir certaines parties ou formes des corps recouvertes par quelque enveloppe.
- 12Se renforcer, s'aggraver, s'accentuer.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: accsuer,accuesr,accuserr,accusre,accusser,acucser,cacuser
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of accuser - 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.
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.
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Using “accuser”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-C-C-U-S-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a.ky.ze\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “amuser” - see the side-by-side comparison. accuser vs amuser
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.