Which to use
“accompli” and “accomplies” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,579
- “accompli” frequency rank
- #37,147
- “accomplies” frequency rank
- 43726
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accompli | accomplies |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est parfait en son genre. | Féminin pluriel de accompli. |
Same sound, different letters: accompli vs accomplies
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. accompli runs 8 letters (VCCVCCCV) against accomplies's 10 (VCCVCCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: accompli vs accomplies
This is the hard kind. accompli and accomplies are pronounced identically (\a.kɔ̃.pli\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “accompli” sits inside “accomplies”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43726, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
accompli is recorded at frequency rank #6,579, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.kɔ̃.pli\. accomplies is at rank #37,147, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.kɔ̃.pli\.
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 43726, this pair ranks #215,898 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of accompli vs accomplies
Shared letters: acilmop. Private to "accompli": -. Private to "accomplies": es.
"accompli" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCCV · "accomplies" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- accompli ← accmopli · accomlpi · accommpli · accompil · accomplli · accomppli · accopmli · acocmpli
- accomplies ← accmoplies · accomlpies · accommplies · accompiles · accompleis · accompliess · accomplise · accompllies
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "accompli" and "accomplies" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "accompli" or "accomplies"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "accompli" / "accomplies". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "accompli" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "accomplies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #215,898 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accompli" and "accomplies" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accomplies vs accomplis". 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 #215,898 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.