Which to use
“accordées” and “accordéon” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,531
- “accordées” frequency rank
- #22,151
- “accordéon” frequency rank
- 38682
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accordées | accordéon |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de accordée. | Instrument à vent, composé d’un soufflet permettant le déplacement de l’air et de touches permettant des changements de tonalité, le son est produit par un système d’anches libres. Il dispose de deux claviers : l’un pour le chant à main droite, l’autre pour l’accompagnement à main gauche. |
Where the eye mixes accordées and accordéon
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. accordées and accordéon follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: accordées vs accordéon
A purely visual mix-up. accordées (\a.kɔʁ.de\) and accordéon (\a.kɔʁ.de.ɔ̃\) 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 38682, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
accordées is recorded at frequency rank #16,531, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.kɔʁ.de\. accordéon is at rank #22,151, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.kɔʁ.de.ɔ̃\.
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 38682, this pair ranks #253,560 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of accordées vs accordéon
Shared letters: acdoré. Private to "accordées": es. Private to "accordéon": n.
"accordées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC · "accordéon" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "accordées" and "accordéon" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "accordées" or "accordéon"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "accordées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "accordéon" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #253,560 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accordées" and "accordéon" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accordéon vs accordes". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #253,560 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.