Which to use
“accèdent” and “accordent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,812
- “accèdent” frequency rank
- #10,624
- “accordent” frequency rank
- 39436
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accèdent | accordent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe accéder. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe accorder. |
Where the eye mixes accèdent and accordent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. accèdent runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCC) against accordent's 9 (VCCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between accèdent and accordent
A purely visual mix-up. accèdent (\ak.sɛd\) 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 39436, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
accèdent is recorded at frequency rank #28,812, classified as averb, pronounced \ak.sɛd\. 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 39436, this pair ranks #247,985 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of accèdent vs accordent
Shared letters: acdent. Private to "accèdent": è. Private to "accordent": or.
"accèdent" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCC · "accordent" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- accordent ← accodrent · accorddent · accordennt · accordentt · accordetn · accordnet · accorednt · accorrdent
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "accèdent" and "accordent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "accèdent" or "accordent"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "accèdent" and "accordent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "accèdent" 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 #247,985 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accèdent" and "accordent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accédant vs accèdent". 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 #247,985 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.