Which to use
“accordée” is a noun and “accorder” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,458
- “accordée” frequency rank
- #4,458
- “accorder” frequency rank
- 10916
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accordée | accorder |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Femme accordée en mariage. | Mettre d’accord. |
Same sound, different letters: accordée vs accorder
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. accordée (VCCVCCVV) and accorder (VCCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: accordée vs accorder
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: accordée 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10916, 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\. 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 10916, this pair ranks #411,170 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of accordée vs accorder
Shared letters: acdeor. Private to "accordée": é. Private to "accorder": -.
"accordée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV · "accorder" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- accorder ← accodrer · accordder · accorderr · accordre · accoredr · accorrder · accroder · acocrder
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "accordée" and "accorder" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "accordée" or "accorder"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "accordée" / "accorder". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "accordée" 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 #411,170 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accordée" and "accorder" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accordée vs accordes". 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 #411,170 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.