Which to use
“accrue” and “acre” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,775
- “accrue” frequency rank
- #28,433
- “acre” frequency rank
- 38208
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accrue | acre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Accroissement. | Unité de surface égale à 0,4 hectare ou à 4046,9 mètres carrés, encore utilisée en agriculture et dans divers pays avec des valeurs différentes. |
Where the eye mixes accrue and acre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. accrue runs 6 letters (VCCCVV) against acre's 4 (VCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between accrue and acre
A purely visual mix-up. accrue (\a.kʁy\) and acre (\akʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38208, 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\. acre is at rank #28,433, tagged as anoun, pronounced \akʁ\.
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 38208, this pair ranks #256,900 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of accrue vs acre
Shared letters: acer. Private to "accrue": u. Private to "acre": -.
"accrue" · 6 letters · shape VCCCVV · "acre" · 4 letters · shape VCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "accrue" and "acre" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "accrue" or "acre" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "accrue" and "acre" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "accrue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "acre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #256,900 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accrue" and "acre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acre vs aur". 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 #256,900 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.