Which to use
“accru” and “accrues” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,502
- “accru” frequency rank
- #32,657
- “accrues” frequency rank
- 46159
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accru | accrues |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Rejeton produit par la racine. | Pluriel de accrue. |
Same sound, different letters: accru vs accrues
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. accru runs 5 letters (VCCCV) against accrues's 7 (VCCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - accru and accrues
This is the hard kind. accru and accrues are pronounced identically (\a.kʁy\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “accru” sits inside “accrues”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46159, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
accru is recorded at frequency rank #13,502, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.kʁy\. accrues is at rank #32,657, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.kʁy\.
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 46159, this pair ranks #197,127 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of accru vs accrues
Shared letters: acru. Private to "accru": -. Private to "accrues": es.
"accru" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV · "accrues" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "accru" and "accrues" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "accru" vs "accrues" - 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 "accru" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "accrues" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #197,127 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accru" and "accrues" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accordes vs accrues". 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 #197,127 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.