Which to use
“accorda” and “accorder” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,385
- “accorda” frequency rank
- #4,458
- “accorder” frequency rank
- 38843
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accorda | accorder |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe accorder. | Mettre d’accord. |
Where the eye mixes accorda and accorder
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. accorda runs 7 letters (VCCVCCV) against accorder's 8 (VCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between accorda and accorder
A purely visual mix-up. accorda (\a.kɔʁ.da\) and accorder (\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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38843, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
accorda is recorded at frequency rank #34,385, classified as averb, pronounced \a.kɔʁ.da\. accorder is at rank #4,458, tagged as averb, 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 38843, this pair ranks #252,408 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of accorda vs accorder
Shared letters: acdor. Private to "accorda": -. Private to "accorder": e.
"accorda" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "accorder" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "accorda" and "accorder" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "accorda" or "accorder" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "accorda" and "accorder" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "accorda" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "accorder" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #252,408 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accorda" and "accorder" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accorda vs Accra". 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 #252,408 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.