Which to use
“accepta” and “acceptée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,221
- “accepta” frequency rank
- #9,261
- “acceptée” frequency rank
- 30482
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accepta | acceptée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de accepter. | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe accepter. |
Where the eye mixes accepta and acceptée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses accepta with acceptée
A purely visual mix-up. accepta (\ak.sɛp.ta\) and acceptée (\ak.sɛp.te\) 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 30482, 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\. acceptée is at rank #9,261, tagged as averb, pronounced \ak.sɛp.te\.
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 30482, this pair ranks #310,040 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of accepta vs acceptée
Shared letters: acept. Private to "accepta": -. Private to "acceptée": é.
"accepta" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "acceptée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- accepta ← accepat · acceppta · acceptta · accetpa · accpeta · acecpta · acepta · cacepta
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "accepta" for "acceptée" ever safe?
Which is more common, "accepta" or "acceptée"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "accepta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "acceptée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #310,040 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accepta" and "acceptée" 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 #310,040 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.