Which to use
“accordées” is a noun and “accorder” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,531
- “accordées” frequency rank
- #4,458
- “accorder” frequency rank
- 20989
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accordées | accorder |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de accordée. | Mettre d’accord. |
Same sound, different letters: accordées vs accorder
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. accordées runs 9 letters (VCCVCCVVC) against accorder's 8 (VCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - accordées / accorder
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: accordées 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 20989, 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\. 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 20989, this pair ranks #365,449 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of accordées vs accorder
Shared letters: acdeor. Private to "accordées": sé. Private to "accorder": -.
"accordées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC · "accorder" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- accorder ← accodrer · accordder · accorderr · accordre · accoredr · accorrder · accroder · acocrder
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "accordées" and "accorder" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "accordées" vs "accorder" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "accordées" / "accorder". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "accordées" 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 #365,449 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accordées" and "accorder" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accordées 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 #365,449 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.