Which to use
“accord” and “accru” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #324
- “accord” frequency rank
- #13,502
- “accru” frequency rank
- 13826
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accord | accru |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Union entre plusieurs personnes, causée par la conformité de volontés, de sentiments, d’idées. | Rejeton produit par la racine. |
Where the eye mixes accord and accru
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. accord runs 6 letters (VCCVCC) against accru's 5 (VCCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: accord vs accru
A purely visual mix-up. accord (\a.kɔʁ\) and accru (\a.kʁy\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13826, 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\. accru is at rank #13,502, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.kʁy\.
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 13826, this pair ranks #399,400 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of accord vs accru
Shared letters: acr. Private to "accord": do. Private to "accru": u.
"accord" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC · "accru" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "accord" and "accru" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "accord" or "accru" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "accord" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "accru" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #399,400 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accord" and "accru" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accru vs aru". 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 #399,400 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.