Which to use
“accompagnaient” and “accompagnait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,843
- “accompagnaient” frequency rank
- #20,038
- “accompagnait” frequency rank
- 54881
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accompagnaient | accompagnait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe accompagner. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe accompagner. |
Same sound, different letters: accompagnaient vs accompagnait
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 12 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - accompagnaient and accompagnait
This is the hard kind. accompagnaient and accompagnait are pronounced identically (\a.kɔ̃.pa.ɲɛ\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54881, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
accompagnaient is recorded at frequency rank #34,843, classified as averb, pronounced \a.kɔ̃.pa.ɲɛ\. accompagnait is at rank #20,038, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.kɔ̃.pa.ɲɛ\.
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 54881, this pair ranks #131,057 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of accompagnaient vs accompagnait
Shared letters: acgimnopt. Private to "accompagnaient": e. Private to "accompagnait": -.
"accompagnaient" · 14 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVVVCC · "accompagnait" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- accompagnaient ← accmopagnaient · accomapgnaient · accommpagnaient · accompaganient · accompaggnaient · accompagnaeint · accompagnaiennt · accompagnaientt
- accompagnait ← accmopagnait · accomapgnait · accommpagnait · accompaganit · accompaggnait · accompagnaitt · accompagnati · accompagniat
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "accompagnaient" for "accompagnait" ever safe?
Frequency check: "accompagnaient" vs "accompagnait" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"accompagnaient" and "accompagnait" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "accompagnaient" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "accompagnait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #131,057 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accompagnaient" and "accompagnait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accompagna vs accompagnait". 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 #131,057 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.