acceptevsaccepterWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#2,459
“accepte” frequency rank
#1,797
“accepter” frequency rank
4256
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature accepte accepter
Definition Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe accepter. Agréer ce qui est offert.

Where the eye mixes accepte and accepter

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

7 ch
accepte
8 ch
accepter

Visual trap between accepte and accepter

A purely visual mix-up. accepte (\ak.sɛpt\) 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 extra letter(s) - “accepte” sits inside “accepter”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4256, 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\. 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 4256, this pair ranks #432,062 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of accepte vs accepter

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

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • accepteaccepet · acceppte · acceptte · accetpe · accpete · acecpte · acepte · cacepte
  • accepteraccepetr · acceppter · accepterr · acceptre · acceptter · accetper · accpeter · acecpter

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "accepte" for "accepter" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ak.sɛpt\ versus \ak.sɛp.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "accepte" or "accepter"?
"accepter" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,797 in our French list, against #2,459 for "accepte". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "accepte" 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 #432,062 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "accepte" and "accepter" 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 #432,062 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