Which to use
“abordent” and “accordent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,752
- “abordent” frequency rank
- #10,624
- “accordent” frequency rank
- 33376
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | abordent | accordent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe aborder. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe accorder. |
Where the eye mixes abordent and accordent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. abordent runs 8 letters (VCVCCVCC) against accordent's 9 (VCCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between abordent and accordent
A purely visual mix-up. abordent (\a.bɔʁd\) and accordent (\a.kɔʁd\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33376, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
abordent is recorded at frequency rank #22,752, classified as averb, pronounced \a.bɔʁd\. accordent is at rank #10,624, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.kɔʁd\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 33376, this pair ranks #291,041 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of abordent vs accordent
Shared letters: adenort. Private to "abordent": b. Private to "accordent": c.
"abordent" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCC · "accordent" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "abordent" and "accordent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "abordent" or "accordent"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "abordent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "accordent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #291,041 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "abordent" and "accordent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abordent vs abordons". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #291,041 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.