Which to use
“accès” and “access” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #765
- “accès” frequency rank
- #18,105
- “access” frequency rank
- 18870
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accès | access |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action, endroit, ou facilité plus ou moins grande d’accéder dans un lieu, physique ou virtuel. | Accès. |
Where the eye mixes accès and access
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between accès and access
A purely visual mix-up. accès (\ak.sɛ\) and access (\ˈæk.sɛs\) 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 18870, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
accès is recorded at frequency rank #765, classified as anoun, pronounced \ak.sɛ\. access is at rank #18,105, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈæk.sɛs\.
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 18870, this pair ranks #376,171 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of accès vs access
Shared letters: acs. Private to "accès": è. Private to "access": e.
"accès" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC · "access" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- access ← accses · acecss · acess · cacess
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "accès" and "access" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "accès" or "access"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "accès" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "access" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #376,171 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accès" and "access" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "access vs across". 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 #376,171 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.