Which to use
“accordé” and “accordées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,904
- “accordé” frequency rank
- #16,531
- “accordées” frequency rank
- 21435
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accordé | accordées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celui qu’engage un accord réciproque en vue du mariage. | Pluriel de accordée. |
Same sound, different letters: accordé vs accordées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. accordé runs 7 letters (VCCVCCV) against accordées's 9 (VCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - accordé / accordées
This is the hard kind. accordé and accordées 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 2 extra letter(s) - “accordé” sits inside “accordées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21435, 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\. accordées is at rank #16,531, 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 21435, this pair ranks #363,179 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of accordé vs accordées
Shared letters: acdoré. Private to "accordé": -. Private to "accordées": es.
"accordé" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "accordées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "accordé" and "accordées" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "accordé" or "accordées"?
What to do next
"accordé" and "accordées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "accordé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "accordées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #363,179 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accordé" and "accordées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accordées vs accordes". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #363,179 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.