acceptavsacceptesWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#21,221
“accepta” frequency rank
#20,626
“acceptes” frequency rank
41847
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes accepta and acceptes

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

7 ch
accepta
8 ch
acceptes

Visual trap between accepta and acceptes

A purely visual mix-up. accepta (\ak.sɛp.ta\) and acceptes (\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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41847, 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\. acceptes is at rank #20,626, 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 41847, this pair ranks #230,067 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of accepta vs acceptes

Shared letters: acept. Private to "accepta": -. Private to "acceptes": s.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • acceptaaccepat · acceppta · acceptta · accetpa · accpeta · acecpta · acepta · cacepta
  • acceptesaccepets · accepptes · acceptess · acceptse · accepttes · accetpes · accpetes · acecptes

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "accepta" for "acceptes" 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.
Which is more common, "accepta" or "acceptes"?
"acceptes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,626 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.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "accepta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "acceptes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #230,067 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "accepta" and "acceptes" 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 #230,067 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