Which to use
“accordéon” is a noun and “accordez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,151
- “accordéon” frequency rank
- #29,621
- “accordez” frequency rank
- 51772
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accordéon | accordez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 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. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe accorder. |
Where the eye mixes accordéon and accordez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between accordéon and accordez
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: accordéon is \a.kɔʁ.de.ɔ̃\ while accordez is \a.kɔʁ.de\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51772, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
accordéon is recorded at frequency rank #22,151, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.kɔʁ.de.ɔ̃\. accordez is at rank #29,621, 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 51772, this pair ranks #152,593 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of accordéon vs accordez
Shared letters: acdor. Private to "accordéon": né. Private to "accordez": ez.
"accordéon" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC · "accordez" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- accordez ← accodrez · accorddez · accordezz · accordze · accoredz · accorrdez · accrodez · acocrdez
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "accordéon" and "accordez" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "accordéon" vs "accordez" - which ranks higher?
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 "accordéon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "accordez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #152,593 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accordéon" and "accordez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accordes vs accordez". 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 #152,593 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.