Which to use
“accord” and “accordes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #324
- “accord” frequency rank
- #42,715
- “accordes” frequency rank
- 43039
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accord | accordes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Union entre plusieurs personnes, causée par la conformité de volontés, de sentiments, d’idées. | Pluriel de accorde. |
Where the eye mixes accord and accordes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. accord runs 6 letters (VCCVCC) against accordes's 8 (VCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: accord vs accordes
A purely visual mix-up. accord (\a.kɔʁ\) and accordes (\a.kɔʁd\) 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 “accordes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43039, 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\. accordes is at rank #42,715, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.kɔʁd\.
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 43039, this pair ranks #221,088 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of accord vs accordes
Shared letters: acdor. Private to "accord": -. Private to "accordes": es.
"accord" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC · "accordes" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "accord" for "accordes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "accord" vs "accordes" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "accord" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "accordes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #221,088 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accord" and "accordes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accordes vs accordons". 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 #221,088 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.