Which to use
“accrocher” and “accrochez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,188
- “accrocher” frequency rank
- #33,535
- “accrochez” frequency rank
- 41723
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accrocher | accrochez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Attacher, suspendre à un crochet, à un clou, à un portemanteau, etc. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe accrocher. |
Same sound, different letters: accrocher vs accrochez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - accrocher / accrochez
This is the hard kind. accrocher and accrochez are pronounced identically (\a.kʁɔ.ʃe\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - r in “accrocher” becomes z in “accrochez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41723, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
accrocher is recorded at frequency rank #8,188, classified as averb, 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 41723, this pair ranks #230,987 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of accrocher vs accrochez
Shared letters: acehor. Private to "accrocher": -. Private to "accrochez": z.
"accrocher" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCCVC · "accrochez" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "accrocher" for "accrochez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "accrocher" vs "accrochez" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "accrocher" 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 #230,987 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accrocher" 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 #230,987 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.