Which to use
“accordées” is a noun and “accordera” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,531
- “accordées” frequency rank
- #33,534
- “accordera” frequency rank
- 50065
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accordées | accordera |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de accordée. | Troisième personne du singulier du futur du verbe accorder. |
Where the eye mixes accordées and accordera
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. accordées (VCCVCCVVC) and accordera (VCCVCCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses accordées with accordera
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: accordées is \a.kɔʁ.de\ while accordera is \a.kɔʁ.də.ʁa\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50065, 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\. accordera is at rank #33,534, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.kɔʁ.də.ʁa\.
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 50065, this pair ranks #165,579 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of accordées vs accordera
Shared letters: acdeor. Private to "accordées": sé. Private to "accordera": -.
"accordées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC · "accordera" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- accordera ← accodrera · accorddera · accordear · accorderra · accordrea · accoredra · accorrdera · accrodera
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "accordées" for "accordera" ever safe?
Frequency check: "accordées" vs "accordera" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
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 "accordera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #165,579 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accordées" and "accordera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accordera 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 #165,579 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.