Which to use
“accordes” is a noun and “accordons” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,715
- “accordes” frequency rank
- #39,129
- “accordons” frequency rank
- 81844
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accordes | accordons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de accorde. | Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe accorder. |
Where the eye mixes accordes and accordons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. accordes runs 8 letters (VCCVCCVC) against accordons's 9 (VCCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: accordes vs accordons
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: accordes is \a.kɔʁd\ while accordons is \a.kɔʁ.dɔ̃\. 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 81844, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
accordes is recorded at frequency rank #42,715, classified as anoun, 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 81844, this pair ranks #17,937 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of accordes vs accordons
Shared letters: acdors. Private to "accordes": e. Private to "accordons": n.
"accordes" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "accordons" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "accordes" for "accordons" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "accordes" or "accordons" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "accordes" and "accordons" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "accordes" 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 #17,937 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accordes" 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 #17,937 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.