accueillaitvsaccueillieConfusable pair

Which to use

“accueillait” and “accueillie” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#23,434
“accueillait” frequency rank
#15,294
“accueillie” frequency rank
38728
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature accueillait accueillie
Definition Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de accueillir. Participe passé féminin singulier de accueillir.

Where the eye mixes accueillait and accueillie

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. accueillait runs 11 letters (VCCVVVCCVVC) against accueillie's 10 (VCCVVVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch
accueillait
10 ch
accueillie

Look-alike desk: accueillait vs accueillie

A purely visual mix-up. accueillait (\a.kœ.jɛ\) and accueillie (\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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38728, 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\. accueillie is at rank #15,294, 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 38728, this pair ranks #253,231 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of accueillait vs accueillie

Shared letters: aceilu. Private to "accueillait": t. Private to "accueillie": -.

"accueillait" · 11 letters · shape VCCVVVCCVVC  ·  "accueillie" · 10 letters · shape VCCVVVCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • accueillait ← acceuillait · accueilait · accueilalit · accueillaitt · accueillati · accueilliat · accuelilait · accuiellait
  • accueillie ← acceuillie · accueilie · accueilile · accueillei · accuelilie · accuiellie · acuceillie · acueillie

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "accueillait" and "accueillie" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\a.kœ.jɛ\ versus \a.kœ.ji\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "accueillait" vs "accueillie" - which ranks higher?
"accueillie" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,294 in our French list, against #23,434 for "accueillait". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "accueillait" and "accueillie" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "accueillait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "accueillie" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #253,231 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "accueillait" and "accueillie" 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 #253,231 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list