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“accidentel” and “accidentés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,092
- “accidentel” frequency rank
- #44,284
- “accidentés” frequency rank
- 68376
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accidentel | accidentés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui arrive par accident. | Masculin pluriel de accidenté. |
Where the eye mixes accidentel and accidentés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. accidentel and accidentés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: accidentel vs accidentés
A purely visual mix-up. accidentel (\ak.si.dɑ̃.tɛl\) and accidentés (\ak.si.dɑ̃.te\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68376, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
accidentel is recorded at frequency rank #24,092, classified as anadj, pronounced \ak.si.dɑ̃.tɛl\. accidentés is at rank #44,284, 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 68376, this pair ranks #59,428 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of accidentel vs accidentés
Shared letters: acdeint. Private to "accidentel": l. Private to "accidentés": sé.
"accidentel" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVC · "accidentés" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- accidentel ← accdientel · acciddentel · accidenetl · accidenntel · accidentell · accidentle · accidenttel · accidetnel
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "accidentel" and "accidentés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "accidentel" vs "accidentés" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "accidentel" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "accidentés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #59,428 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accidentel" and "accidentés" 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 #59,428 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.