acceptezvsachetezWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#11,898
“acceptez” frequency rank
#8,803
“achetez” frequency rank
20701
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature acceptez achetez
Definition Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe accepter. Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe acheter.

Where the eye mixes acceptez and achetez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. acceptez runs 8 letters (VCCVCCVC) against achetez's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
acceptez
7 ch
achetez

Look-alike desk: acceptez vs achetez

A purely visual mix-up. acceptez (\ak.sɛp.te\) and achetez (\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 20701, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

acceptez is recorded at frequency rank #11,898, classified as averb, pronounced \ak.sɛp.te\. achetez is at rank #8,803, 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 20701, this pair ranks #366,939 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of acceptez vs achetez

Shared letters: acetz. Private to "acceptez": p. Private to "achetez": h.

"acceptez" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC  ·  "achetez" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • acceptez ← accepetz · accepptez · acceptezz · accepttez · acceptze · accetpez · accpetez · acecptez
  • achetez ← acchetez · acehtez · acheetz · achetezz · achettez · achetze · achhetez · achteez

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "acceptez" for "achetez" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ak.sɛp.te\ versus \a.ʃə.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "acceptez" vs "achetez" - which ranks higher?
"achetez" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,803 in our French list, against #11,898 for "acceptez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "acceptez" and "achetez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "acceptez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "achetez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #366,939 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "acceptez" and "achetez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "achètera vs achetez". 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 #366,939 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