Which to use
“accompagner” and “accompagnez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,890
- “accompagner” frequency rank
- #47,710
- “accompagnez” frequency rank
- 51600
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accompagner | accompagnez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Aller de compagnie avec quelqu’un. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe accompagner. |
Same sound, different letters: accompagner vs accompagnez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. accompagner and accompagnez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Same sound, different spelling - accompagner / accompagnez
This is the hard kind. accompagner and accompagnez are pronounced identically (\a.kɔ̃.pa.ɲe\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - r in “accompagner” becomes z in “accompagnez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51600, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
accompagner is recorded at frequency rank #3,890, classified as averb, 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 51600, this pair ranks #153,814 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of accompagner vs accompagnez
Shared letters: acegmnop. Private to "accompagner": r. Private to "accompagnez": z.
"accompagner" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVC · "accompagnez" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- accompagner ← accmopagner · accomapgner · accommpagner · accompagenr · accompaggner · accompagnerr · accompagnner · accompagnre
- accompagnez ← accmopagnez · accomapgnez · accommpagnez · accompagenz · accompaggnez · accompagnezz · accompagnnez · accompagnze
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "accompagner" and "accompagnez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "accompagner" or "accompagnez" show up more?
Useful next steps
"accompagner" and "accompagnez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "accompagner" 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 #153,814 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accompagner" 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 #153,814 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.