Which to use
“accru” and “ancre” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,502
- “accru” frequency rank
- #13,958
- “ancre” frequency rank
- 27460
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accru | ancre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Rejeton produit par la racine. | Objet lourd au bout d’une corde ou chaine, qu’on laisse tomber au fond de l’eau afin d’empêcher un bateau de dériver. |
Where the eye mixes accru and ancre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. accru and ancre follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between accru and ancre
A purely visual mix-up. accru (\a.kʁy\) and ancre (\ɑ̃kʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27460, 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\. ancre is at rank #13,958, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃kʁ\.
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 27460, this pair ranks #328,809 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of accru vs ancre
Shared letters: acr. Private to "accru": u. Private to "ancre": en.
"accru" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV · "ancre" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "accru" for "ancre" ever safe?
Which is more common, "accru" or "ancre"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "accru" and "ancre" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "accru" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ancre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #328,809 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accru" and "ancre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ancre vs Aure". 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 #328,809 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.