accommodevsaccommoderWhat's the difference?

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“accommode” and “accommoder” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#39,623
“accommode” frequency rank
#22,150
“accommoder” frequency rank
61773
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature accommode accommoder
Definition Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe accommoder. Donner, procurer de la commodité.

Where the eye mixes accommode and accommoder

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. accommode runs 9 letters (VCCVCCVCV) against accommoder's 10 (VCCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
accommode
10 ch
accommoder

Look-alike desk: accommode vs accommoder

A purely visual mix-up. accommode (\a.kɔ.mɔd\) and accommoder (\a.kɔ.mɔ.de\) 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 extra letter(s) - “accommode” sits inside “accommoder”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61773, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

accommode is recorded at frequency rank #39,623, classified as averb, pronounced \a.kɔ.mɔd\. accommoder is at rank #22,150, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.kɔ.mɔ.de\.

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 61773, this pair ranks #90,522 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of accommode vs accommoder

Shared letters: acdemo. Private to "accommode": -. Private to "accommoder": r.

"accommode" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV  ·  "accommoder" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • accommode ← accmomode · accommdoe · accommodde · accommoed · accomode · accomomde · acocmmode · acommode
  • accommoder ← accmomoder · accommdoer · accommodder · accommoderr · accommodre · accommoedr · accomoder · accomomder

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "accommode" and "accommoder" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\a.kɔ.mɔd\ versus \a.kɔ.mɔ.de\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "accommode" vs "accommoder" - which ranks higher?
"accommoder" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,150 in our French list, against #39,623 for "accommode". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "accommode" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "accommoder" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #90,522 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • 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 #90,522 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list