Which to use
“accompagnées” is an adjective and “accompagnez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,952
- “accompagnées” frequency rank
- #47,710
- “accompagnez” frequency rank
- 61662
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accompagnées | accompagnez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de accompagné. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe accompagner. |
Same sound, different letters: accompagnées vs accompagnez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. accompagnées runs 12 letters (VCCVCCVCCVVC) against accompagnez's 11 (VCCVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - accompagnées / accompagnez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: accompagnées 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 61662, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
accompagnées is recorded at frequency rank #13,952, 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 61662, this pair ranks #91,112 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of accompagnées vs accompagnez
Shared letters: acegmnop. Private to "accompagnées": sé. Private to "accompagnez": z.
"accompagnées" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVVC · "accompagnez" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- accompagnez ← accmopagnez · accomapgnez · accommpagnez · accompagenz · accompaggnez · accompagnezz · accompagnnez · accompagnze
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "accompagnées" for "accompagnez" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "accompagnées" or "accompagnez" show up more?
What to do next
"accompagnées" and "accompagnez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "accompagnées" 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 #91,112 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accompagnées" 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 #91,112 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.