Which to use
“accueillait” and “accueilli” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,434
- “accueillait” frequency rank
- #5,517
- “accueilli” frequency rank
- 28951
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accueillait | accueilli |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de accueillir. | Participe passé masculin singulier de accueillir. |
Where the eye mixes accueillait and accueilli
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. accueillait runs 11 letters (VCCVVVCCVVC) against accueilli's 9 (VCCVVVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: accueillait vs accueilli
A purely visual mix-up. accueillait (\a.kœ.jɛ\) and accueilli (\a.kœ.ji\) 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 28951, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
accueillait is recorded at frequency rank #23,434, classified as averb, pronounced \a.kœ.jɛ\. accueilli is at rank #5,517, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.kœ.ji\.
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 28951, this pair ranks #319,638 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of accueillait vs accueilli
Shared letters: aceilu. Private to "accueillait": t. Private to "accueilli": -.
"accueillait" · 11 letters · shape VCCVVVCCVVC · "accueilli" · 9 letters · shape VCCVVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- accueillait ← acceuillait · accueilait · accueilalit · accueillaitt · accueillati · accueilliat · accuelilait · accuiellait
- accueilli ← acceuilli · accueili · accueilil · accuelili · accuielli · acuceilli · acueilli · cacueilli
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "accueillait" and "accueilli" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "accueillait" vs "accueilli" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "accueillait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "accueilli" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #319,638 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accueillait" and "accueilli" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accueillait vs accueillants". 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 #319,638 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.