Which to use
“accompagnait” and “accompagnent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,038
- “accompagnait” frequency rank
- #10,267
- “accompagnent” frequency rank
- 30305
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accompagnait | accompagnent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe accompagner. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe accompagner. |
Where the eye mixes accompagnait and accompagnent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. accompagnait (VCCVCCVCCVVC) and accompagnent (VCCVCCVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses accompagnait with accompagnent
A purely visual mix-up. accompagnait (\a.kɔ̃.pa.ɲɛ\) and accompagnent (\a.kɔ̃.paɲ\) 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 30305, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
accompagnait is recorded at frequency rank #20,038, classified as averb, pronounced \a.kɔ̃.pa.ɲɛ\. accompagnent is at rank #10,267, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.kɔ̃.paɲ\.
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 30305, this pair ranks #311,252 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of accompagnait vs accompagnent
Shared letters: acgmnopt. Private to "accompagnait": i. Private to "accompagnent": e.
"accompagnait" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVVC · "accompagnent" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- accompagnait ← accmopagnait · accomapgnait · accommpagnait · accompaganit · accompaggnait · accompagnaitt · accompagnati · accompagniat
- accompagnent ← accmopagnent · accomapgnent · accommpagnent · accompagennt · accompaggnent · accompagnennt · accompagnentt · accompagnetn
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "accompagnait" and "accompagnent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "accompagnait" or "accompagnent" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "accompagnait" and "accompagnent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "accompagnait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "accompagnent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #311,252 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accompagnait" and "accompagnent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accompagnent 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 #311,252 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.