Which to use
“accès” and “arcs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #765
- “accès” frequency rank
- #12,519
- “arcs” frequency rank
- 13284
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accès | arcs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action, endroit, ou facilité plus ou moins grande d’accéder dans un lieu, physique ou virtuel. | Pluriel de arc. |
Where the eye mixes accès and arcs
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. accès runs 5 letters (VCCVC) against arcs's 4 (VCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: accès vs arcs
A purely visual mix-up. accès (\ak.sɛ\) and arcs (\aʁk\) 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 13284, 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\. arcs is at rank #12,519, tagged as anoun, pronounced \aʁk\.
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 13284, this pair ranks #401,657 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of accès vs arcs
Shared letters: acs. Private to "accès": è. Private to "arcs": r.
"accès" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC · "arcs" · 4 letters · shape VCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- arcs ← acrs · arccs · arcss · arrcs · arsc · racs
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "accès" and "arcs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "accès" or "arcs"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "accès" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "arcs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #401,657 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accès" and "arcs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arcs 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 #401,657 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.