accrochentvsaccrochesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: accrochent is a verb, accroches is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“accrochent” is a verb and “accroches” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#26,598
“accrochent” frequency rank
#40,099
“accroches” frequency rank
66697
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature accrochent accroches
Definition Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe accrocher. Pluriel de accroche.

Same sound, different letters: accrochent vs accroches

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

10 ch
accrochent
9 ch
accroches

Homophone desk: accrochent vs accroches

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: accrochent and accroches carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.kʁɔʃ\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anoun, 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 66697, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

accrochent is recorded at frequency rank #26,598, classified as averb, pronounced \a.kʁɔʃ\. accroches is at rank #40,099, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.kʁɔʃ\.

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 66697, this pair ranks #66,672 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of accrochent vs accroches

Shared letters: acehor. Private to "accrochent": nt. Private to "accroches": s.

"accrochent" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCCVCC  ·  "accroches" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • accrochent ← accorchent · accrcohent · accrocchent · accrocehnt · accrochennt · accrochentt · accrochetn · accrochhent
  • accroches ← accorches · accrcohes · accrocches · accrocehs · accrochess · accrochhes · accrochse · accrohces

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "accrochent" for "accroches" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "accrochent" is a verb and "accroches" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "accrochent" or "accroches" show up more?
"accrochent" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,598 in our French list, against #40,099 for "accroches". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "accrochent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "accroches" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #66,672 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "accrochent" and "accroches" 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 #66,672 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