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Which to use

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

#37,146
“accompagna” frequency rank
#3,890
“accompagner” frequency rank
41036
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature accompagna accompagner
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe accompagner. Aller de compagnie avec quelqu’un.

Where the eye mixes accompagna and accompagner

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.

10 ch
accompagna
11 ch
accompagner

Visual trap between accompagna and accompagner

A purely visual mix-up. accompagna (\a.kɔ̃.pa.ɲa\) and accompagner (\a.kɔ̃.pa.ɲe\) 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 41036, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

accompagna is recorded at frequency rank #37,146, classified as averb, pronounced \a.kɔ̃.pa.ɲa\. accompagner is at rank #3,890, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.kɔ̃.pa.ɲe\.

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 41036, this pair ranks #236,035 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of accompagna vs accompagner

Shared letters: acgmnop. Private to "accompagna": -. Private to "accompagner": er.

"accompagna" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCV  ·  "accompagner" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • accompagnaaccmopagna · accomapgna · accommpagna · accompagan · accompaggna · accompagnna · accompanga · accompgana
  • accompagneraccmopagner · accomapgner · accommpagner · accompagenr · accompaggner · accompagnerr · accompagnner · accompagnre

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "accompagna" for "accompagner" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\a.kɔ̃.pa.ɲa\ versus \a.kɔ̃.pa.ɲe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "accompagna" vs "accompagner" - which ranks higher?
"accompagner" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,890 in our French list, against #37,146 for "accompagna". 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 "accompagna" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "accompagner" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #236,035 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "accompagna" and "accompagner" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accompagna vs accompagnez". 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 #236,035 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