Which to use
“acceptes” is a verb and “adeptes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,626
- “acceptes” frequency rank
- #9,587
- “adeptes” frequency rank
- 30213
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | acceptes | adeptes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe accepter. | Pluriel de adepte. |
Where the eye mixes acceptes and adeptes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses acceptes with adeptes
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: acceptes is \ak.sɛpt\ while adeptes is \a.dɛpt\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30213, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
acceptes is recorded at frequency rank #20,626, classified as averb, pronounced \ak.sɛpt\. adeptes is at rank #9,587, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.dɛpt\.
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 30213, this pair ranks #311,821 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of acceptes vs adeptes
Shared letters: aepst. Private to "acceptes": c. Private to "adeptes": d.
"acceptes" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "adeptes" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "acceptes" and "adeptes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "acceptes" or "adeptes" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "acceptes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "adeptes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #311,821 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "acceptes" and "adeptes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adeptes vs ardentes". 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 #311,821 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.