Which to use
“accrochée” is an adjective and “accrochez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #21,222
- “accrochée” frequency rank
- #33,535
- “accrochez” frequency rank
- 54757
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accrochée | accrochez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de accroché. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe accrocher. |
Same sound, different letters: accrochée vs accrochez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - accrochée / accrochez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: accrochée and accrochez 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 54757, 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\. accrochez is at rank #33,535, 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 54757, this pair ranks #131,890 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of accrochée vs accrochez
Shared letters: acehor. Private to "accrochée": é. Private to "accrochez": z.
"accrochée" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCCVV · "accrochez" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- accrochez ← accorchez · accrcohez · accrocchez · accrocehz · accrochezz · accrochhez · accrochze · accrohcez
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "accrochée" / "accrochez". 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 "accrochez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #131,890 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accrochée" and "accrochez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accrocheur vs accrochez". 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 #131,890 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.