Which to use
“accepter” and “accepterai” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,797
- “accepter” frequency rank
- #38,627
- “accepterai” frequency rank
- 40424
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accepter | accepterai |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Agréer ce qui est offert. | Première personne du singulier du futur du verbe accepter. |
Where the eye mixes accepter and accepterai
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. accepter runs 8 letters (VCCVCCVC) against accepterai's 10 (VCCVCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses accepter with accepterai
A purely visual mix-up. accepter (\ak.sɛp.te\) and accepterai (\ak.sɛp.tə.ʁe\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “accepter” sits inside “accepterai”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40424, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
accepter is recorded at frequency rank #1,797, classified as averb, pronounced \ak.sɛp.te\. accepterai is at rank #38,627, tagged as averb, pronounced \ak.sɛp.tə.ʁe\.
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 40424, this pair ranks #240,611 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of accepter vs accepterai
Shared letters: aceprt. Private to "accepter": -. Private to "accepterai": i.
"accepter" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "accepterai" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- accepter ← accepetr · acceppter · accepterr · acceptre · acceptter · accetper · accpeter · acecpter
- accepterai ← accepetrai · acceppterai · accepteari · accepteria · accepterrai · acceptreai · acceptterai · accetperai
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "accepter" and "accepterai" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "accepter" or "accepterai" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "accepter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "accepterai" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #240,611 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accepter" and "accepterai" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accepterai vs accepterais". 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 #240,611 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.