Which to use
“access” and “actes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,105
- “access” frequency rank
- #1,552
- “actes” frequency rank
- 19657
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | access | actes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Accès. | Pluriel de acte. |
Where the eye mixes access and actes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: access vs actes
A purely visual mix-up. access (\ˈæk.sɛs\) and actes (\akt\) 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 19657, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
access is recorded at frequency rank #18,105, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈæk.sɛs\. actes is at rank #1,552, tagged as anoun, pronounced \akt\.
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 19657, this pair ranks #372,191 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of access vs actes
Shared letters: aces. Private to "access": -. Private to "actes": t.
"access" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC · "actes" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "access" and "actes" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "access" or "actes"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "access" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "actes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #372,191 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "access" and "actes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "access vs across". 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 #372,191 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.