Which to use
“accrue” and “accrues” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,775
- “accrue” frequency rank
- #32,657
- “accrues” frequency rank
- 42432
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accrue | accrues |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Accroissement. | Pluriel de accrue. |
Same sound, different letters: accrue vs accrues
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. accrue runs 6 letters (VCCCVV) against accrues's 7 (VCCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: accrue vs accrues
This is the hard kind. accrue 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 1 extra letter(s) - “accrue” sits inside “accrues”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42432, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
accrue is recorded at frequency rank #9,775, 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 42432, this pair ranks #225,638 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of accrue vs accrues
Shared letters: aceru. Private to "accrue": -. Private to "accrues": s.
"accrue" · 6 letters · shape VCCCVV · "accrues" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "accrue" and "accrues" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "accrue" vs "accrues" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"accrue" and "accrues" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "accrue" 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 #225,638 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accrue" 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 #225,638 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.