Which to use
“accompagnée” is an adjective and “accompagnent” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,942
- “accompagnée” frequency rank
- #10,267
- “accompagnent” frequency rank
- 16209
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accompagnée | accompagnent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de accompagné. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe accompagner. |
Where the eye mixes accompagnée and accompagnent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. accompagnée runs 11 letters (VCCVCCVCCVV) against accompagnent's 12 (VCCVCCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: accompagnée vs accompagnent
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: accompagnée is \a.kɔ̃.pa.ɲe\ while accompagnent is \a.kɔ̃.paɲ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16209, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
accompagnée is recorded at frequency rank #5,942, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.kɔ̃.pa.ɲe\. 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 16209, this pair ranks #388,870 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of accompagnée vs accompagnent
Shared letters: acegmnop. Private to "accompagnée": é. Private to "accompagnent": t.
"accompagnée" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVV · "accompagnent" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- accompagnent ← accmopagnent · accomapgnent · accommpagnent · accompagennt · accompaggnent · accompagnennt · accompagnentt · accompagnetn
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "accompagnée" and "accompagnent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "accompagnée" vs "accompagnent" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "accompagnée" 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 #388,870 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accompagnée" 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 #388,870 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.