Which to use
“accro” and “acre” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,815
- “accro” frequency rank
- #28,433
- “acre” frequency rank
- 39248
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accro | acre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne dépendante d’une drogue. | Unité de surface égale à 0,4 hectare ou à 4046,9 mètres carrés, encore utilisée en agriculture et dans divers pays avec des valeurs différentes. |
Where the eye mixes accro and acre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. accro runs 5 letters (VCCCV) against acre's 4 (VCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses accro with acre
A purely visual mix-up. accro (\a.kʁo\) and acre (\akʁ\) 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 39248, 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\. acre is at rank #28,433, tagged as anoun, pronounced \akʁ\.
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 39248, this pair ranks #249,392 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of accro vs acre
Shared letters: acr. Private to "accro": o. Private to "acre": e.
"accro" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV · "acre" · 4 letters · shape VCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "accro" for "acre" ever safe?
Frequency check: "accro" vs "acre" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "accro" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "acre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #249,392 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accro" and "acre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acre vs aur". 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 #249,392 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.