Which to use
“accueillait” and “accueillir” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,434
- “accueillait” frequency rank
- #2,806
- “accueillir” frequency rank
- 26240
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accueillait | accueillir |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de accueillir. | Faire un accueil, recevoir en bien ou en mal quelqu’un ou quelque chose qui arrive. |
Where the eye mixes accueillait and accueillir
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. accueillait runs 11 letters (VCCVVVCCVVC) against accueillir's 10 (VCCVVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses accueillait with accueillir
A purely visual mix-up. accueillait (\a.kœ.jɛ\) and accueillir (\a.kœ.jiʁ\) 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 26240, 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\. accueillir is at rank #2,806, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.kœ.jiʁ\.
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 26240, this pair ranks #336,260 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of accueillait vs accueillir
Shared letters: aceilu. Private to "accueillait": t. Private to "accueillir": r.
"accueillait" · 11 letters · shape VCCVVVCCVVC · "accueillir" · 10 letters · shape VCCVVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- accueillait ← acceuillait · accueilait · accueilalit · accueillaitt · accueillati · accueilliat · accuelilait · accuiellait
- accueillir ← acceuillir · accueililr · accueilir · accueillirr · accueillri · accuelilir · accuiellir · acuceillir
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "accueillait" and "accueillir" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "accueillait" vs "accueillir" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "accueillait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "accueillir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #336,260 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accueillait" and "accueillir" 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 #336,260 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.