Which to use
“acceptée” and “acceptes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,261
- “acceptée” frequency rank
- #20,626
- “acceptes” frequency rank
- 29887
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | acceptée | acceptes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe accepter. | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe accepter. |
Where the eye mixes acceptée and acceptes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between acceptée and acceptes
A purely visual mix-up. acceptée (\ak.sɛp.te\) and acceptes (\ak.sɛpt\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29887, 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\. acceptes is at rank #20,626, tagged as averb, pronounced \ak.sɛpt\.
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 29887, this pair ranks #313,851 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of acceptée vs acceptes
Shared letters: acept. Private to "acceptée": é. Private to "acceptes": s.
"acceptée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV · "acceptes" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- acceptes ← accepets · accepptes · acceptess · acceptse · accepttes · accetpes · accpetes · acecptes
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "acceptée" for "acceptes" ever safe?
Which is more common, "acceptée" or "acceptes"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "acceptée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "acceptes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #313,851 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "acceptée" and "acceptes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acceptes 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 #313,851 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.