accrochagesvsaccrochéesConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#43,756
“accrochages” frequency rank
#35,794
“accrochées” frequency rank
79550
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature accrochages accrochées
Definition Pluriel de accrochage. Féminin pluriel de accroché.

Where the eye mixes accrochages and accrochées

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. accrochages runs 11 letters (VCCCVCCVCVC) against accrochées's 10 (VCCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch
accrochages
10 ch
accrochées

Look-alike desk: accrochages vs accrochées

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: accrochages is \a.kʁɔ.ʃaʒ\ while accrochées is \a.kʁɔ.ʃe\. 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 79550, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

accrochages is recorded at frequency rank #43,756, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.kʁɔ.ʃaʒ\. accrochées is at rank #35,794, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.kʁɔ.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 79550, this pair ranks #23,023 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of accrochages vs accrochées

Shared letters: acehors. Private to "accrochages": g. Private to "accrochées": é.

"accrochages" · 11 letters · shape VCCCVCCVCVC  ·  "accrochées" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • accrochages ← accorchages · accrcohages · accrocahges · accrocchages · accrochaegs · accrochagess · accrochagges · accrochagse

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "accrochages" and "accrochées" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "accrochages" is a noun and "accrochées" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "accrochages" or "accrochées"?
"accrochées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #35,794 in our French list, against #43,756 for "accrochages". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "accrochages" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "accrochées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #23,023 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "accrochages" and "accrochées" 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 #23,023 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