Which to use
“accompagnent” and “accompagner” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,267
- “accompagnent” frequency rank
- #3,890
- “accompagner” frequency rank
- 14157
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accompagnent | accompagner |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe accompagner. | Aller de compagnie avec quelqu’un. |
Where the eye mixes accompagnent and accompagner
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. accompagnent runs 12 letters (VCCVCCVCCVCC) against accompagner's 11 (VCCVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: accompagnent vs accompagner
A purely visual mix-up. accompagnent (\a.kɔ̃.paɲ\) and accompagner (\a.kɔ̃.pa.ɲe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14157, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
accompagnent is recorded at frequency rank #10,267, classified as averb, pronounced \a.kɔ̃.paɲ\. 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 14157, this pair ranks #397,938 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of accompagnent vs accompagner
Shared letters: acegmnop. Private to "accompagnent": t. Private to "accompagner": r.
"accompagnent" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVCC · "accompagner" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- accompagnent ← accmopagnent · accomapgnent · accommpagnent · accompagennt · accompaggnent · accompagnennt · accompagnentt · accompagnetn
- accompagner ← accmopagner · accomapgner · accommpagner · accompagenr · accompaggner · accompagnerr · accompagnner · accompagnre
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "accompagnent" for "accompagner" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "accompagnent" or "accompagner" show up more?
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 "accompagnent" 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 #397,938 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accompagnent" and "accompagner" 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 #397,938 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.