Which to use
“accrochée” and “accrochées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,222
- “accrochée” frequency rank
- #35,794
- “accrochées” frequency rank
- 57016
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accrochée | accrochées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de accroché. | Féminin pluriel de accroché. |
Same sound, different letters: accrochée vs accrochées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. accrochée runs 9 letters (VCCCVCCVV) against accrochées's 10 (VCCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - accrochée / accrochées
This is the hard kind. accrochée and accrochées are pronounced identically (\a.kʁɔ.ʃe\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “accrochée” sits inside “accrochées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57016, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
accrochée is recorded at frequency rank #21,222, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.kʁɔ.ʃe\. 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 57016, this pair ranks #117,541 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of accrochée vs accrochées
Shared letters: acehoré. Private to "accrochée": -. Private to "accrochées": s.
"accrochée" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCCVV · "accrochées" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "accrochée" for "accrochées" ever safe?
Which is more common, "accrochée" or "accrochées"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "accrochée" / "accrochées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "accrochée" 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 #117,541 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accrochée" and "accrochées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accrochages vs accrochées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #117,541 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.