accompagnentvsaccompagnerontTell them apart

Which to use

“accompagnent” and “accompagneront” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#10,267
“accompagnent” frequency rank
#43,755
“accompagneront” frequency rank
54022
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature accompagnent accompagneront
Definition Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe accompagner. Troisième personne du pluriel du futur du verbe accompagner.

Where the eye mixes accompagnent and accompagneront

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 12 letters in sequence. accompagnent runs 12 letters (VCCVCCVCCVCC) against accompagneront's 14 (VCCVCCVCCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

12 ch
accompagnent
14 ch
accompagneront

Why the eye confuses accompagnent with accompagneront

A purely visual mix-up. accompagnent (\a.kɔ̃.paɲ\) and accompagneront (\a.kɔ̃.pa.ɲə.ʁɔ̃\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54022, 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\. accompagneront is at rank #43,755, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.kɔ̃.pa.ɲə.ʁɔ̃\.

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 54022, this pair ranks #136,833 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of accompagnent vs accompagneront

Shared letters: acegmnopt. Private to "accompagnent": -. Private to "accompagneront": r.

"accompagnent" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVCC  ·  "accompagneront" · 14 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • accompagnent ← accmopagnent · accomapgnent · accommpagnent · accompagennt · accompaggnent · accompagnennt · accompagnentt · accompagnetn
  • accompagneront ← accmopagneront · accomapgneront · accommpagneront · accompagenront · accompaggneront · accompagneornt · accompagnernot · accompagneronnt

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "accompagnent" and "accompagneront" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\a.kɔ̃.paɲ\ versus \a.kɔ̃.pa.ɲə.ʁɔ̃\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "accompagnent" or "accompagneront" show up more?
"accompagnent" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,267 in our French list, against #43,755 for "accompagneront". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "accompagnent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "accompagneront" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #136,833 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "accompagnent" and "accompagneront" 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 #136,833 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list