Which to use
“accès” and “aimes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #765
- “accès” frequency rank
- #1,941
- “aimes” frequency rank
- 2706
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accès | aimes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action, endroit, ou facilité plus ou moins grande d’accéder dans un lieu, physique ou virtuel. | Pluriel de aime. |
Where the eye mixes accès and aimes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses accès with aimes
A purely visual mix-up. accès (\ak.sɛ\) and aimes (\ɛm\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2706, 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\. aimes is at rank #1,941, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛm\.
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 2706, this pair ranks #435,629 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of accès vs aimes
Shared letters: as. Private to "accès": cè. Private to "aimes": eim.
"accès" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC · "aimes" · 5 letters · shape VVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- aimes ← aiems · aimess · aimmes · aimse · iames
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "accès" and "aimes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "accès" or "aimes"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "accès" and "aimes" 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 "aimes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #435,629 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accès" and "aimes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aimes 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 #435,629 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.