Which to use
“accueille” and “accueillent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,031
- “accueille” frequency rank
- #13,723
- “accueillent” frequency rank
- 17754
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accueille | accueillent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif du verbe accueillir. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de accueillir. |
Same sound, different letters: accueille vs accueillent
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. accueille runs 9 letters (VCCVVVCCV) against accueillent's 11 (VCCVVVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - accueille / accueillent
This is the hard kind. accueille and accueillent are pronounced identically (\a.kœj\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “accueille” sits inside “accueillent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17754, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
accueille is recorded at frequency rank #4,031, classified as averb, pronounced \a.kœj\. accueillent is at rank #13,723, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.kœj\.
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 17754, this pair ranks #381,636 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of accueille vs accueillent
Shared letters: aceilu. Private to "accueille": -. Private to "accueillent": nt.
"accueille" · 9 letters · shape VCCVVVCCV · "accueillent" · 11 letters · shape VCCVVVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- accueille ← acceuille · accueile · accueilel · accuelile · accuielle · acuceille · acueille · cacueille
- accueillent ← acceuillent · accueilelnt · accueilent · accueillennt · accueillentt · accueilletn · accueillnet · accuelilent
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "accueille" for "accueillent" ever safe?
Which is more common, "accueille" or "accueillent"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "accueille" / "accueillent". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "accueille" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "accueillent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #381,636 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accueille" and "accueillent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accueillent vs accueilleront". 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 #381,636 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.