Which to use
“accepte” and “acceptée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,459
- “accepte” frequency rank
- #9,261
- “acceptée” frequency rank
- 11720
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accepte | acceptée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe accepter. | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe accepter. |
Where the eye mixes accepte and acceptée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between accepte and acceptée
A purely visual mix-up. accepte (\ak.sɛpt\) 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 11720, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
accepte is recorded at frequency rank #2,459, classified as averb, pronounced \ak.sɛpt\. 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 11720, this pair ranks #408,097 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of accepte vs acceptée
Shared letters: acept. Private to "accepte": -. Private to "acceptée": é.
"accepte" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "acceptée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- accepte ← accepet · acceppte · acceptte · accetpe · accpete · acecpte · acepte · cacepte
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "accepte" and "acceptée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "accepte" or "acceptée" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "accepte" 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 #408,097 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accepte" and "acceptée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accepte vs Alceste". 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 #408,097 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.