Which to use
“accès” and “aces” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #765
- “accès” frequency rank
- #43,246
- “aces” frequency rank
- 44011
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accès | aces |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action, endroit, ou facilité plus ou moins grande d’accéder dans un lieu, physique ou virtuel. | Pluriel de ace. |
Where the eye mixes accès and aces
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between accès and aces
A purely visual mix-up. accès (\ak.sɛ\) and aces (\ɛs\) 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 44011, 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\. aces is at rank #43,246, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛs\.
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 44011, this pair ranks #213,740 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of accès vs aces
Shared letters: acs. Private to "accès": è. Private to "aces": e.
"accès" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC · "aces" · 4 letters · shape VCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- aces ← aecs
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "accès" for "aces" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "accès" or "aces" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "accès" and "aces" 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 "aces" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #213,740 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accès" and "aces" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aces vs aves". 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 #213,740 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.