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“accrochage” and “accrochages” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,471
- “accrochage” frequency rank
- #43,756
- “accrochages” frequency rank
- 66227
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accrochage | accrochages |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action d’accrocher. | Pluriel de accrochage. |
Same sound, different letters: accrochage vs accrochages
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. accrochage runs 10 letters (VCCCVCCVCV) against accrochages's 11 (VCCCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: accrochage vs accrochages
This is the hard kind. accrochage and accrochages are pronounced identically (\a.kʁɔ.ʃaʒ\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “accrochage” sits inside “accrochages”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66227, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
accrochage is recorded at frequency rank #22,471, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.kʁɔ.ʃaʒ\. accrochages is at rank #43,756, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.kʁɔ.ʃaʒ\.
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 66227, this pair ranks #68,723 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of accrochage vs accrochages
Shared letters: aceghor. Private to "accrochage": -. Private to "accrochages": s.
"accrochage" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCCVCV · "accrochages" · 11 letters · shape VCCCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- accrochage ← accorchage · accrcohage · accrocahge · accrocchage · accrochaeg · accrochagge · accrochgae · accrochhage
- accrochages ← accorchages · accrcohages · accrocahges · accrocchages · accrochaegs · accrochagess · accrochagges · accrochagse
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "accrochage" for "accrochages" ever safe?
Which is more common, "accrochage" or "accrochages"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "accrochage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "accrochages" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #68,723 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accrochage" and "accrochages" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accrochages vs accroches". 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 #68,723 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.