acceptavsaccepterWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#21,221
“accepta” frequency rank
#1,797
“accepter” frequency rank
23018
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature accepta accepter
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de accepter. Agréer ce qui est offert.

Where the eye mixes accepta and accepter

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

7 ch
accepta
8 ch
accepter

Look-alike desk: accepta vs accepter

A purely visual mix-up. accepta (\ak.sɛp.ta\) and accepter (\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 23018, 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\. accepter is at rank #1,797, 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 23018, this pair ranks #354,832 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of accepta vs accepter

Shared letters: acept. Private to "accepta": -. Private to "accepter": r.

"accepta" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV  ·  "accepter" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • acceptaaccepat · acceppta · acceptta · accetpa · accpeta · acecpta · acepta · cacepta
  • accepteraccepetr · acceppter · accepterr · acceptre · acceptter · accetper · accpeter · acecpter

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "accepta" and "accepter" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ak.sɛp.ta\ versus \ak.sɛp.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "accepta" or "accepter"?
"accepter" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,797 in our French list, against #21,221 for "accepta". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "accepta" and "accepter" 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 "accepter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #354,832 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "accepta" and "accepter" 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 #354,832 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