accrochentvsaccrochezWhich spelling fits?

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“accrochent” and “accrochez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#26,598
“accrochent” frequency rank
#33,535
“accrochez” frequency rank
60133
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature accrochent accrochez
Definition Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe accrocher. Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe accrocher.

Where the eye mixes accrochent and accrochez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. accrochent runs 10 letters (VCCCVCCVCC) against accrochez's 9 (VCCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
accrochent
9 ch
accrochez

Visual trap between accrochent and accrochez

A purely visual mix-up. accrochent (\a.kʁɔʃ\) and accrochez (\a.kʁɔ.ʃe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60133, 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\. 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 60133, this pair ranks #99,273 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of accrochent vs accrochez

Shared letters: acehor. Private to "accrochent": nt. Private to "accrochez": z.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • accrochent ← accorchent · accrcohent · accrocchent · accrocehnt · accrochennt · accrochentt · accrochetn · accrochhent
  • accrochez ← accorchez · accrcohez · accrocchez · accrocehz · accrochezz · accrochhez · accrochze · accrohcez

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "accrochent" and "accrochez" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\a.kʁɔʃ\ versus \a.kʁɔ.ʃe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "accrochent" or "accrochez" show up more?
"accrochent" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,598 in our French list, against #33,535 for "accrochez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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  • Full dictionary entry for "accrochent" 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 #99,273 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "accrochent" 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 #99,273 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