Which to use
“accroît” is a noun and “accroître” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,532
- “accroît” frequency rank
- #7,395
- “accroître” frequency rank
- 23927
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accroît | accroître |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Facilité à croître, accroissement. | Augmenter ; rendre plus grand ou plus étendu. |
Where the eye mixes accroît and accroître
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. accroît runs 7 letters (VCCCVVC) against accroître's 9 (VCCCVVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between accroît and accroître
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: accroît is \a.kʁwa\ while accroître is \a.kʁwatʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “accroît” sits inside “accroître”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23927, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
accroît is recorded at frequency rank #16,532, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.kʁwa\. accroître is at rank #7,395, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.kʁwatʁ\.
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 23927, this pair ranks #349,661 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of accroît vs accroître
Shared letters: acortî. Private to "accroît": -. Private to "accroître": e.
"accroît" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVVC · "accroître" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVVCCV
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "accroît" vs "accroître" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "accroît" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "accroître" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #349,661 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accroît" and "accroître" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accroît vs adroit". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #349,661 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.