Which to use
“accès” and “accru” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #765
- “accès” frequency rank
- #13,502
- “accru” frequency rank
- 14267
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accès | accru |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action, endroit, ou facilité plus ou moins grande d’accéder dans un lieu, physique ou virtuel. | Rejeton produit par la racine. |
Where the eye mixes accès and accru
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. accès (VCCVC) and accru (VCCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses accès with accru
A purely visual mix-up. accès (\ak.sɛ\) and accru (\a.kʁy\) 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 14267, 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\. accru is at rank #13,502, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.kʁy\.
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 14267, this pair ranks #397,434 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of accès vs accru
Shared letters: ac. Private to "accès": sè. Private to "accru": ru.
"accès" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC · "accru" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- accru ← accrru · accur · acrcu · acru · cacru
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "accès" and "accru" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "accès" or "accru"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "accès" and "accru" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "accès" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "accru" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #397,434 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accès" and "accru" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accru vs aru". 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 #397,434 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.