Which to use
“accès” and “aubes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #765
- “accès” frequency rank
- #43,787
- “aubes” frequency rank
- 44552
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accès | aubes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action, endroit, ou facilité plus ou moins grande d’accéder dans un lieu, physique ou virtuel. | Pluriel de aube. |
Where the eye mixes accès and aubes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: accès vs aubes
A purely visual mix-up. accès (\ak.sɛ\) and aubes (\ob\) 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 44552, 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\. aubes is at rank #43,787, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ob\.
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 44552, this pair ranks #209,633 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of accès vs aubes
Shared letters: as. Private to "accès": cè. Private to "aubes": beu.
"accès" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC · "aubes" · 5 letters · shape VVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- aubes ← aubbes · aubess · auebs · uabes
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "accès" and "aubes" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "accès" or "aubes" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "accès" and "aubes" 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 "aubes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #209,633 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accès" and "aubes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aubes 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 #209,633 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.