Which to use
“acceptée” and “acceptées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,261
- “acceptée” frequency rank
- #16,530
- “acceptées” frequency rank
- 25791
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | acceptée | acceptées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe accepter. | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe accepter. |
Same sound, different letters: acceptée vs acceptées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. acceptée runs 8 letters (VCCVCCVV) against acceptées's 9 (VCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - acceptée / acceptées
This is the hard kind. acceptée and acceptées are pronounced identically (\ak.sɛp.te\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “acceptée” sits inside “acceptées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25791, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
acceptée is recorded at frequency rank #9,261, classified as averb, pronounced \ak.sɛp.te\. acceptées is at rank #16,530, 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 25791, this pair ranks #338,829 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of acceptée vs acceptées
Shared letters: acepté. Private to "acceptée": -. Private to "acceptées": s.
"acceptée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV · "acceptées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "acceptée" and "acceptées" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "acceptée" or "acceptées"?
Useful next steps
"acceptée" and "acceptées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "acceptée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "acceptées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #338,829 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "acceptée" and "acceptées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accentuées vs acceptées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #338,829 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.