accomplirvsaccomplitConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#5,943
“accomplir” frequency rank
#18,923
“accomplit” frequency rank
24866
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature accomplir accomplit
Definition Achever entièrement. Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de accomplir.

Where the eye mixes accomplir and accomplit

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. accomplir and accomplit follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
accomplir
9 ch
accomplit

Look-alike desk: accomplir vs accomplit

A purely visual mix-up. accomplir (\a.kɔ̃.pliʁ\) and accomplit (\a.kɔ̃.pli\) 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 a single letter - r in “accomplir” becomes t in “accomplit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24866, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

accomplir is recorded at frequency rank #5,943, classified as averb, pronounced \a.kɔ̃.pliʁ\. accomplit is at rank #18,923, tagged as averb, 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 24866, this pair ranks #344,122 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of accomplir vs accomplit

Shared letters: acilmop. Private to "accomplir": r. Private to "accomplit": t.

"accomplir" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCCVC  ·  "accomplit" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • accomplir ← accmoplir · accomlpir · accommplir · accompilr · accomplirr · accompllir · accomplri · accompplir
  • accomplit ← accmoplit · accomlpit · accommplit · accompilt · accomplitt · accompllit · accomplti · accompplit

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "accomplir" and "accomplit" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\a.kɔ̃.pliʁ\ versus \a.kɔ̃.pli\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "accomplir" or "accomplit"?
"accomplir" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,943 in our French list, against #18,923 for "accomplit". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "accomplir" and "accomplit" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "accomplir" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "accomplit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #344,122 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "accomplir" and "accomplit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accomplies vs accomplit". 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 #344,122 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