accuser

/\a.ky.ze\/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,925

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

accuser is aFrenchverb. It means: Déférer à la justice quelqu’un comme coupable d’un délit, d’un crime. Pronounced \a.ky.ze\. It ranks #7,925 in French word frequency. Often confused with amuser and accuses.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of accuser in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for accuser is 7 letters long, classified as averb, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for accuser, with forms such as "accsuer", "accuesr", and "accuserr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.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.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is accuser, spelled A-C-C-U-S-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: accsuer,accuesr,accuserr,accusre,accusser,acucser,cacuser

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for accuser

Misspelling Variants of "accuser"

accsuer7accuesr7accuserr8accusre7accusser8acucser7cacuser7
Misspelling Variants of "accuser"

Frequency rank: #7,925 in French

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 covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.