Which to use
“acceptées” and “acceptes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,530
- “acceptées” frequency rank
- #20,626
- “acceptes” frequency rank
- 37156
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | acceptées | acceptes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe accepter. | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe accepter. |
Where the eye mixes acceptées and acceptes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between acceptées and acceptes
A purely visual mix-up. acceptées (\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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37156, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
acceptées is recorded at frequency rank #16,530, 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 37156, this pair ranks #264,491 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of acceptées vs acceptes
Shared letters: acepst. Private to "acceptées": é. Private to "acceptes": -.
"acceptées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC · "acceptes" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- acceptes ← accepets · accepptes · acceptess · acceptse · accepttes · accetpes · accpetes · acecptes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "acceptées" and "acceptes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "acceptées" vs "acceptes" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "acceptées" 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 #264,491 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "acceptées" and "acceptes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accentuées vs acceptées". 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 #264,491 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.