Which to use
“accordée” and “accordes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,458
- “accordée” frequency rank
- #42,715
- “accordes” frequency rank
- 49173
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accordée | accordes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Femme accordée en mariage. | Pluriel de accorde. |
Where the eye mixes accordée and accordes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. accordée (VCCVCCVV) and accordes (VCCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: accordée vs accordes
A purely visual mix-up. accordée (\a.kɔʁ.de\) and accordes (\a.kɔʁd\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49173, 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\. accordes is at rank #42,715, tagged as anoun, 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 49173, this pair ranks #172,847 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of accordée vs accordes
Shared letters: acdeor. Private to "accordée": é. Private to "accordes": s.
"accordée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV · "accordes" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- accordes ← accodres · accorddes · accordess · accordse · accoreds · accorrdes · accrodes · acocrdes
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "accordée" for "accordes" ever safe?
Which is more common, "accordée" or "accordes"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "accordée" and "accordes" 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 "accordes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #172,847 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accordée" and "accordes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accordes vs accordons". 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 #172,847 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.