Which to use
“accordent” and “accordons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,624
- “accordent” frequency rank
- #39,129
- “accordons” frequency rank
- 49753
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accordent | accordons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe accorder. | Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe accorder. |
Where the eye mixes accordent and accordons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. accordent and accordons follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between accordent and accordons
A purely visual mix-up. accordent (\a.kɔʁd\) and accordons (\a.kɔʁ.dɔ̃\) 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 49753, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
accordent is recorded at frequency rank #10,624, classified as averb, pronounced \a.kɔʁd\. accordons is at rank #39,129, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.kɔʁ.dɔ̃\.
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 49753, this pair ranks #168,089 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of accordent vs accordons
Shared letters: acdnor. Private to "accordent": et. Private to "accordons": s.
"accordent" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCC · "accordons" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "accordent" and "accordons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "accordent" or "accordons" show up more?
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 "accordent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "accordons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #168,089 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accordent" and "accordons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abordons 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 #168,089 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.