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Which to use

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

#2,459
“accepte” frequency rank
#11,898
“acceptez” frequency rank
14357
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature accepte acceptez
Definition Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe accepter. Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe accepter.

Where the eye mixes accepte and acceptez

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

7 ch
accepte
8 ch
acceptez

Why the eye confuses accepte with acceptez

A purely visual mix-up. accepte (\ak.sɛpt\) and acceptez (\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 “acceptez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14357, 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\. acceptez is at rank #11,898, 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 14357, this pair ranks #397,038 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of accepte vs acceptez

Shared letters: acept. Private to "accepte": -. Private to "acceptez": z.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • accepteaccepet · acceppte · acceptte · accetpe · accpete · acecpte · acepte · cacepte
  • acceptezaccepetz · accepptez · acceptezz · accepttez · acceptze · accetpez · accpetez · acecptez

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "accepte" and "acceptez" be used interchangeably?
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.
In ordinary French text, does "accepte" or "acceptez" show up more?
"accepte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,459 in our French list, against #11,898 for "acceptez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "acceptez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #397,038 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "accepte" and "acceptez" 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 #397,038 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