Which to use
“accompagné” is an adjective and “accompagnez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,119
- “accompagné” frequency rank
- #47,710
- “accompagnez” frequency rank
- 50829
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accompagné | accompagnez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Se dit de pièces qui en ont d’autres près d’elles, principalement de pièces placées au centre de l’écu. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe accompagner. |
Same sound, different letters: accompagné vs accompagnez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. accompagné runs 10 letters (VCCVCCVCCV) against accompagnez's 11 (VCCVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - accompagné and accompagnez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: accompagné and accompagnez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.kɔ̃.pa.ɲe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50829, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
accompagné is recorded at frequency rank #3,119, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.kɔ̃.pa.ɲe\. accompagnez is at rank #47,710, 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 50829, this pair ranks #159,623 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of accompagné vs accompagnez
Shared letters: acgmnop. Private to "accompagné": é. Private to "accompagnez": ez.
"accompagné" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCV · "accompagnez" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- accompagnez ← accmopagnez · accomapgnez · accommpagnez · accompagenz · accompaggnez · accompagnezz · accompagnnez · accompagnze
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "accompagné" and "accompagnez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "accompagné" vs "accompagnez" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"accompagné" and "accompagnez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "accompagné" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "accompagnez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #159,623 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accompagné" and "accompagnez" 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 #159,623 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.