Which to use
“accrues” and “accrus” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,657
- “accrues” frequency rank
- #35,353
- “accrus” frequency rank
- 68010
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accrues | accrus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de accrue. | Pluriel de accru. |
Same sound, different letters: accrues vs accrus
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. accrues runs 7 letters (VCCCVVC) against accrus's 6 (VCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - accrues / accrus
This is the hard kind. accrues 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68010, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
accrues is recorded at frequency rank #32,657, 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 68010, this pair ranks #60,987 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of accrues vs accrus
Shared letters: acrsu. Private to "accrues": e. Private to "accrus": -.
"accrues" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVVC · "accrus" · 6 letters · shape VCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "accrues" for "accrus" ever safe?
Frequency check: "accrues" vs "accrus" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "accrues" / "accrus". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "accrues" 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 #60,987 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accrues" 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 #60,987 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.