Which to use
“accrochée” is an adjective and “accrocher” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #21,222
- “accrochée” frequency rank
- #8,188
- “accrocher” frequency rank
- 29410
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accrochée | accrocher |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de accroché. | Attacher, suspendre à un crochet, à un clou, à un portemanteau, etc. |
Same sound, different letters: accrochée vs accrocher
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. accrochée (VCCCVCCVV) and accrocher (VCCCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - accrochée and accrocher
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: accrochée and accrocher carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.kʁɔ.ʃe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29410, 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\. accrocher is at rank #8,188, tagged as averb, 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 29410, this pair ranks #316,849 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of accrochée vs accrocher
Shared letters: acehor. Private to "accrochée": é. Private to "accrocher": -.
"accrochée" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCCVV · "accrocher" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- accrocher ← accorcher · accrcoher · accroccher · accrocehr · accrocherr · accrochher · accrochre · accrohcer
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "accrochée" / "accrocher". 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 "accrocher" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #316,849 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accrochée" and "accrocher" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accrochée vs accrocheur". 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 #316,849 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.