accuser

\a.ky.ze\

/\a.ky.ze\/ verb

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The verdict

“accuser” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,925. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,925
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Déférer à la justice quelqu’un comme coupable d’un délit, d’un crime.

Corpus desk

Index FR-accuser · accuser · French

accuser · rank #7,925 · 7 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,925
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH abolition

Nearest frequency peer: abolition (-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 « accuser »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « accuser » 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).

accuser vs amuser
71% similar
accuser vs accuses
86% similar
accuser vs accusé
71% similar

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

Key facts for accuser
PropertyValue
Headwordaccuser
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.ky.ze\
Letters7
Frequency rank#7,925
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « accuser »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.accuserse 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 « abolition » (#7,924), « administrations » (#7,926), « abeilles » (#7,923). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « accuser » est au #7,925. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around accuser (IPA \a.ky.ze\), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,925 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 12 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    Déférer à la justice quelqu’un comme coupable d’un délit, d’un crime.
  2. 2
    Poursuivre, 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.
  3. 3
    Présenter quelqu’un comme coupable de quelque faute ou de quelque défaut.
  4. 4
    Indiquer ; présenter.
  5. 5
    Blâmer, reprendre.
  6. 6
    Servir de preuve, ou au moins d’indice contre quelqu’un ou quelque chose.
  7. 7
    Déclarer ses péchés au prêtre.
  8. 8
    Faire connaître ce que les règles veulent qu’on déclare.
  9. 9
    Dire ressentir telle douleur, etc.
  10. 10
    Marquer, donner avis qu’on l’a reçu.
  11. 11
    Indiquer, faire sentir certaines parties ou formes des corps recouvertes par quelque enveloppe.
  12. 12
    Se renforcer, s'aggraver, s'accentuer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Toutes les kommandanturs reçurent ce genre de missives et des hommes et des femmes purent être arrêtés, torturés, déportés, fusillés alors qu'ils étaient innocents des faits dont ils étaient accusés.
  2. Dans la logique mentale de leur temps, les magistrats l’accusent et la condamnent de « sorcellerie », crime pour lequel le bourreau l’énuque avec la « hart » de la potence (corde d'infamie).

This word in other languages

accuse(English)acusar(Español)beschuldigen(Deutsch)delatar(Português)

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.

accsuer2accuesr2accuserr1accusre2accusser1acucser2cacuser2
Edit distance from "accuser"

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 "accuser"?
"accuser" is spelled A-C-C-U-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ky.ze\.
What does "accuser" mean?
As a verb, "accuser" means: Déférer à la justice quelqu’un comme coupable d’un délit, d’un crime.
What words are commonly confused with "accuser"?
"accuser" is commonly confused with "amuser", "accuses", "accusé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "accuser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "accuser" is \a.ky.ze\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "accuser" come from?
"accuser" 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 "accuser", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list