acceptentvsacceptonsTell them apart

Which to use

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

#8,645
“acceptent” frequency rank
#24,091
“acceptons” frequency rank
32736
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature acceptent acceptons
Definition Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe accepter. Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe accepter.

Where the eye mixes acceptent and acceptons

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

9 ch
acceptent
9 ch
acceptons

Look-alike desk: acceptent vs acceptons

A purely visual mix-up. acceptent (\ak.sɛpt\) and acceptons (\ak.sɛp.tɔ̃\) 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 32736, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

acceptent is recorded at frequency rank #8,645, classified as averb, pronounced \ak.sɛpt\. acceptons is at rank #24,091, tagged as averb, pronounced \ak.sɛp.tɔ̃\.

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 32736, this pair ranks #295,290 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of acceptent vs acceptons

Shared letters: acenpt. Private to "acceptent": -. Private to "acceptons": os.

"acceptent" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCC  ·  "acceptons" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • acceptentaccepetnt · accepptent · acceptennt · acceptentt · acceptetn · acceptnet · accepttent · accetpent
  • acceptonsaccepotns · accepptons · acceptnos · acceptonns · acceptonss · acceptosn · accepttons · accetpons

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "acceptent" for "acceptons" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ak.sɛpt\ versus \ak.sɛp.tɔ̃\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "acceptent" vs "acceptons" - which ranks higher?
"acceptent" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,645 in our French list, against #24,091 for "acceptons". 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 "acceptent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "acceptons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #295,290 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "acceptent" and "acceptons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acceptons vs achetons". 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 #295,290 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