Which to use
“accro” and “accrus” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,815
- “accro” frequency rank
- #35,353
- “accrus” frequency rank
- 46168
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accro | accrus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne dépendante d’une drogue. | Pluriel de accru. |
Where the eye mixes accro and accrus
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. accro runs 5 letters (VCCCV) against accrus's 6 (VCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between accro and accrus
A purely visual mix-up. accro (\a.kʁo\) and accrus (\a.kʁy\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46168, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
accro is recorded at frequency rank #10,815, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.kʁo\. accrus is at rank #35,353, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.kʁy\.
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 46168, this pair ranks #197,064 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of accro vs accrus
Shared letters: acr. Private to "accro": o. Private to "accrus": su.
"accro" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV · "accrus" · 6 letters · shape VCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "accro" and "accrus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "accro" or "accrus"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "accro" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "accrus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #197,064 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accro" and "accrus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Accra vs accrus". 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 #197,064 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.