Which to use
“accordé” and “accordée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,904
- “accordé” frequency rank
- #6,458
- “accordée” frequency rank
- 11362
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accordé | accordée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celui qu’engage un accord réciproque en vue du mariage. | Femme accordée en mariage. |
Same sound, different letters: accordé vs accordée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. accordé runs 7 letters (VCCVCCV) against accordée's 8 (VCCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - accordé / accordée
This is the hard kind. accordé and accordée are pronounced identically (\a.kɔʁ.de\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “accordé” sits inside “accordée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11362, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
accordé is recorded at frequency rank #4,904, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.kɔʁ.de\. 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 11362, this pair ranks #409,441 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of accordé vs accordée
Shared letters: acdoré. Private to "accordé": -. Private to "accordée": e.
"accordé" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "accordée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "accordé" and "accordée" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "accordé" or "accordée" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "accordé" 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 #409,441 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accordé" and "accordée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accordée vs accordes". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #409,441 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.