Which to use
“accrue” and “accrus” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,775
- “accrue” frequency rank
- #35,353
- “accrus” frequency rank
- 45128
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accrue | accrus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Accroissement. | Pluriel de accru. |
Same sound, different letters: accrue vs accrus
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. accrue (VCCCVV) and accrus (VCCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - accrue / accrus
This is the hard kind. accrue and accrus 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 a single letter - e in “accrue” becomes s in “accrus”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45128, 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\. accrus is at rank #35,353, 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 45128, this pair ranks #205,170 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of accrue vs accrus
Shared letters: acru. Private to "accrue": e. Private to "accrus": s.
"accrue" · 6 letters · shape VCCCVV · "accrus" · 6 letters · shape VCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "accrue" and "accrus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "accrue" or "accrus"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "accrue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "accrus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #205,170 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accrue" and "accrus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Accra vs accrus". 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 #205,170 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.