accordévsaccorderWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: accordé is a noun, accorder is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“accordé” is a noun and “accorder” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#4,904
“accordé” frequency rank
#4,458
“accorder” frequency rank
9362
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature accordé accorder
Definition Celui qu’engage un accord réciproque en vue du mariage. Mettre d’accord.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set accordé and accorder apart are highlighted. They share 6 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

7 ch
accordé
8 ch
accorder

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: accordé and accorder carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.kɔʁ.de\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9362, 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\. 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 9362, this pair ranks #416,932 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of accordé vs accorder

Shared letters: acdor. Private to "accordé": é. Private to "accorder": e.

"accordé" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV  ·  "accorder" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • accorderaccodrer · accordder · accorderr · accordre · accoredr · accorrder · accroder · acocrder

Frequency comparison

accordé#4,904
accorder#4,458

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "accordé" and "accorder" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "accordé" is a noun and "accorder" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "accordé" or "accorder"?
"accorder" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,458 in our French list, against #4,904 for "accordé". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering accordé vs accorder

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “accordé”; for a verb, it's “accorder”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “accordé” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list