accordsvsaccrosWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: accords is a noun, accros is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“accords” is a noun and “accros” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#3,656
“accords” frequency rank
#23,743
“accros” frequency rank
27399
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature accords accros
Definition Conventions préliminaires d’un mariage. Pluriel de accro.

Where the eye mixes accords and accros

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
accords
6 ch
accros

Look-alike desk: accords vs accros

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: accords is \a.kɔʁ\ while accros is \a.kʁo\. 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 adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27399, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

accords is recorded at frequency rank #3,656, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.kɔʁ\. accros is at rank #23,743, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.kʁo\.

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 27399, this pair ranks #329,246 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of accords vs accros

Shared letters: acors. Private to "accords": d. Private to "accros": -.

"accords" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCC  ·  "accros" · 6 letters · shape VCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • accordsaccodrs · accordds · accordss · accorrds · accorsd · accrods · acocrds · acords
  • accrosaccors · accross · accrros · accrso · acrcos · acros · cacros

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "accords" and "accros" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "accords" is a noun and "accros" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "accords" or "accros"?
"accords" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,656 in our French list, against #23,743 for "accros". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "accords" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "accros" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #329,246 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "accords" and "accros" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accros vs across". 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 #329,246 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