Which to use
“acceptation” and “acception” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,186
- “acceptation” frequency rank
- #30,449
- “acception” frequency rank
- 38635
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | acceptation | acception |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action d’accepter. | Sens particulier dans lequel un mot est utilisé. |
Where the eye mixes acceptation and acception
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between acceptation and acception
A purely visual mix-up. acceptation (\ak.sɛp.ta.sjɔ̃\) and acception (\ak.sɛp.sjɔ̃\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38635, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
acceptation is recorded at frequency rank #8,186, classified as anoun, pronounced \ak.sɛp.ta.sjɔ̃\. acception is at rank #30,449, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ak.sɛp.sjɔ̃\.
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 38635, this pair ranks #253,896 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of acceptation vs acception
Shared letters: aceinopt. Private to "acceptation": -. Private to "acception": -.
"acceptation" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVVC · "acception" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- acceptation ← accepattion · accepptation · acceptaiton · acceptatino · acceptationn · acceptatoin · acceptattion · accepttaion
- acception ← accepiton · accepption · acceptino · acceptionn · acceptoin · accepttion · accetpion · accpetion
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "acceptation" and "acception" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "acceptation" vs "acception" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "acceptation" and "acception" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "acceptation" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "acception" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #253,896 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "acceptation" and "acception" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acception vs acceptons". 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 #253,896 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.