Which to use
“accident” is a noun and “accidentée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,407
- “accident” frequency rank
- #43,243
- “accidentée” frequency rank
- 44650
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accident | accidentée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Événement inattendu qui survient par hasard. | Féminin singulier de accidenté. |
Where the eye mixes accident and accidentée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. accident runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCC) against accidentée's 10 (VCCVCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: accident vs accidentée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: accident is \ak.si.dɑ̃\ while accidentée is \ak.si.dɑ̃.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “accident” sits inside “accidentée”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44650, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
accident is recorded at frequency rank #1,407, classified as anoun, pronounced \ak.si.dɑ̃\. accidentée is at rank #43,243, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ak.si.dɑ̃.te\.
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 44650, this pair ranks #208,852 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of accident vs accidentée
Shared letters: acdeint. Private to "accident": -. Private to "accidentée": é.
"accident" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCC · "accidentée" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- accident ← accdient · acciddent · accidennt · accidentt · accidetn · accidnet · acciednt · acicdent
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "accident" and "accidentée" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "accident" or "accidentée" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "accident" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "accidentée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #208,852 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accident" and "accidentée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accidentée vs accidentés". 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 #208,852 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.