Which to use
“accordée” is a noun and “accordent” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,458
- “accordée” frequency rank
- #10,624
- “accordent” frequency rank
- 17082
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accordée | accordent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Femme accordée en mariage. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe accorder. |
Where the eye mixes accordée and accordent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. accordée runs 8 letters (VCCVCCVV) against accordent's 9 (VCCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between accordée and accordent
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: accordée is \a.kɔʁ.de\ while accordent is \a.kɔʁd\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17082, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
accordée is recorded at frequency rank #6,458, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.kɔʁ.de\. accordent is at rank #10,624, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.kɔʁd\.
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 17082, this pair ranks #384,896 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of accordée vs accordent
Shared letters: acdeor. Private to "accordée": é. Private to "accordent": nt.
"accordée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV · "accordent" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- accordent ← accodrent · accorddent · accordennt · accordentt · accordetn · accordnet · accorednt · accorrdent
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "accordée" for "accordent" ever safe?
Which is more common, "accordée" or "accordent"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "accordée" and "accordent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "accordée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "accordent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #384,896 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accordée" and "accordent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accordaient vs accordent". 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 #384,896 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.