Which to use
“accompagnée” is an adjective and “accompagner” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,942
- “accompagnée” frequency rank
- #3,890
- “accompagner” frequency rank
- 9832
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accompagnée | accompagner |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de accompagné. | Aller de compagnie avec quelqu’un. |
Same sound, different letters: accompagnée vs accompagner
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. accompagnée (VCCVCCVCCVV) and accompagner (VCCVCCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - accompagnée and accompagner
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: accompagnée and accompagner 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9832, 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\. 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 9832, this pair ranks #415,232 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of accompagnée vs accompagner
Shared letters: acegmnop. Private to "accompagnée": é. Private to "accompagner": r.
"accompagnée" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVV · "accompagner" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- accompagner ← accmopagner · accomapgner · accommpagner · accompagenr · accompaggner · accompagnerr · accompagnner · accompagnre
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "accompagnée" and "accompagner" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "accompagnée" vs "accompagner" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"accompagnée" and "accompagner" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "accompagnée" 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 #415,232 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accompagnée" and "accompagner" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accompagnée 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 #415,232 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.