Which to use
“accord” and “accordée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #324
- “accord” frequency rank
- #6,458
- “accordée” frequency rank
- 6782
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accord | accordée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Union entre plusieurs personnes, causée par la conformité de volontés, de sentiments, d’idées. | Femme accordée en mariage. |
Where the eye mixes accord and accordée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. accord runs 6 letters (VCCVCC) against accordée's 8 (VCCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses accord with accordée
A purely visual mix-up. accord (\a.kɔʁ\) and accordée (\a.kɔʁ.de\) 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 extra letter(s) - “accord” sits inside “accordée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6782, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
accord is recorded at frequency rank #324, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.kɔʁ\. accordée is at rank #6,458, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.kɔʁ.de\.
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 6782, this pair ranks #425,246 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of accord vs accordée
Shared letters: acdor. Private to "accord": -. Private to "accordée": eé.
"accord" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC · "accordée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- accord ← accodr · accordd · accorrd · accrod · acocrd · acord · cacord
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "accord" and "accordée" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "accord" or "accordée" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "accord" and "accordée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "accord" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "accordée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #425,246 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accord" and "accordée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accordée vs accordes". 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 #425,246 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.