accordervsaccorderaWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“accorder” and “accordera” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#4,458
“accorder” frequency rank
#33,534
“accordera” frequency rank
37992
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature accorder accordera
Definition Mettre d’accord. Troisième personne du singulier du futur du verbe accorder.

Where the eye mixes accorder and accordera

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

8 ch
accorder
9 ch
accordera

Why the eye confuses accorder with accordera

A purely visual mix-up. accorder (\a.kɔʁ.de\) and accordera (\a.kɔʁ.də.ʁa\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “accorder” sits inside “accordera”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37992, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

accorder is recorded at frequency rank #4,458, classified as averb, 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 37992, this pair ranks #258,483 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of accorder vs accordera

Shared letters: acdeor. Private to "accorder": -. Private to "accordera": -.

"accorder" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC  ·  "accordera" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • accorderaccodrer · accordder · accorderr · accordre · accoredr · accorrder · accroder · acocrder
  • accorderaaccodrera · accorddera · accordear · accorderra · accordrea · accoredra · accorrdera · accrodera

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "accorder" and "accordera" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\a.kɔʁ.de\ versus \a.kɔʁ.də.ʁa\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "accorder" or "accordera"?
"accorder" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,458 in our French list, against #33,534 for "accordera". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "accorder" and "accordera" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "accorder" 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 #258,483 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "accorder" 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 #258,483 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list