Which to use
“acceptées” and “achetées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,530
- “acceptées” frequency rank
- #18,635
- “achetées” frequency rank
- 35165
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | acceptées | achetées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe accepter. | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe acheter. |
Where the eye mixes acceptées and achetées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. acceptées runs 9 letters (VCCVCCVVC) against achetées's 8 (VCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between acceptées and achetées
A purely visual mix-up. acceptées (\ak.sɛp.te\) and achetées (\a.ʃə.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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35165, 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\. achetées is at rank #18,635, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.ʃə.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 35165, this pair ranks #278,692 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of acceptées vs achetées
Shared letters: acesté. Private to "acceptées": p. Private to "achetées": h.
"acceptées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC · "achetées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "acceptées" and "achetées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "acceptées" or "achetées"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "acceptées" and "achetées" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "acceptées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "achetées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #278,692 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "acceptées" and "achetées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accentuées vs acceptées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #278,692 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.