# absents vs accents

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### absents
*adjective · IPA \ap.sɑ̃\ · frequency rank #10,266*
Masculin pluriel de absent.

### accents
*noun · IPA \ak.sɑ̃\ · frequency rank #11,697*
Pluriel d’accent.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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