Which to use
“accouche” and “accoucher” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,308
- “accouche” frequency rank
- #16,048
- “accoucher” frequency rank
- 43356
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accouche | accoucher |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe accoucher. | Mettre au monde un enfant. |
Where the eye mixes accouche and accoucher
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. accouche runs 8 letters (VCCVVCCV) against accoucher's 9 (VCCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses accouche with accoucher
A purely visual mix-up. accouche (\a.kuʃ\) and accoucher (\a.ku.ʃe\) 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) - “accouche” sits inside “accoucher”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43356, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
accouche is recorded at frequency rank #27,308, classified as averb, pronounced \a.kuʃ\. accoucher is at rank #16,048, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.ku.ʃe\.
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 43356, this pair ranks #218,678 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of accouche vs accoucher
Shared letters: acehou. Private to "accouche": -. Private to "accoucher": r.
"accouche" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVCCV · "accoucher" · 9 letters · shape VCCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "accouche" for "accoucher" ever safe?
Frequency check: "accouche" vs "accoucher" - 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 "accouche" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "accoucher" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #218,678 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accouche" and "accoucher" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accoucher vs accoupler". 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 #218,678 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.