Which to use
“accorder” and “accordez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,458
- “accorder” frequency rank
- #29,621
- “accordez” frequency rank
- 34079
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accorder | accordez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mettre d’accord. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe accorder. |
Same sound, different letters: accorder vs accordez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. accorder and accordez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Same sound, different spelling - accorder / accordez
This is the hard kind. accorder and accordez are pronounced identically (\a.kɔʁ.de\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - r in “accorder” becomes z in “accordez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34079, 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\. 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 34079, this pair ranks #286,298 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of accorder vs accordez
Shared letters: acdeor. Private to "accorder": -. Private to "accordez": z.
"accorder" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "accordez" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "accorder" and "accordez" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "accorder" or "accordez"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "accorder" / "accordez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "accorder" 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 #286,298 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accorder" 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 #286,298 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.