accrochéesvsaccrocherWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: accrochées is a adjective, accrocher is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#35,794
“accrochées” frequency rank
#8,188
“accrocher” frequency rank
43982
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature accrochées accrocher
Definition Féminin pluriel de accroché. Attacher, suspendre à un crochet, à un clou, à un portemanteau, etc.

Same sound, different letters: accrochées vs accrocher

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. accrochées runs 10 letters (VCCCVCCVVC) against accrocher's 9 (VCCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
accrochées
9 ch
accrocher

Same sound, different spelling - accrochées / accrocher

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: accrochées 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43982, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

accrochées is recorded at frequency rank #35,794, 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 43982, this pair ranks #213,937 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of accrochées vs accrocher

Shared letters: acehor. Private to "accrochées": sé. Private to "accrocher": -.

"accrochées" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCCVVC  ·  "accrocher" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • accrocher ← accorcher · accrcoher · accroccher · accrocehr · accrocherr · accrochher · accrochre · accrohcer

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "accrochées" and "accrocher" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "accrochées" is an adjective and "accrocher" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "accrochées" or "accrocher"?
"accrocher" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,188 in our French list, against #35,794 for "accrochées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

"accrochées" and "accrocher" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "accrochées" 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 #213,937 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "accrochées" and "accrocher" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accrochages vs accrochées". 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 #213,937 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