acceptavsaccepteWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“accepta” and “accepte” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#21,221
“accepta” frequency rank
#2,459
“accepte” frequency rank
23680
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature accepta accepte
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de accepter. Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe accepter.

Where the eye mixes accepta and accepte

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

7 ch
accepta
7 ch
accepte

Visual trap between accepta and accepte

A purely visual mix-up. accepta (\ak.sɛp.ta\) and accepte (\ak.sɛpt\) 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 a single letter - a in “accepta” becomes e in “accepte”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23680, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

accepta is recorded at frequency rank #21,221, classified as averb, pronounced \ak.sɛp.ta\. accepte is at rank #2,459, tagged as averb, pronounced \ak.sɛpt\.

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 23680, this pair ranks #351,063 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of accepta vs accepte

Shared letters: acept. Private to "accepta": -. Private to "accepte": -.

"accepta" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV  ·  "accepte" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • acceptaaccepat · acceppta · acceptta · accetpa · accpeta · acecpta · acepta · cacepta
  • accepteaccepet · acceppte · acceptte · accetpe · accpete · acecpte · acepte · cacepte

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "accepta" for "accepte" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ak.sɛp.ta\ versus \ak.sɛpt\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "accepta" or "accepte" show up more?
"accepte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,459 in our French list, against #21,221 for "accepta". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "accepta" and "accepte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "accepta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "accepte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #351,063 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "accepta" and "accepte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accepta vs acheta". 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 #351,063 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list