Which to use
“accueille” and “accueilli” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,031
- “accueille” frequency rank
- #5,517
- “accueilli” frequency rank
- 9548
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accueille | accueilli |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif du verbe accueillir. | Participe passé masculin singulier de accueillir. |
Where the eye mixes accueille and accueilli
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. accueille and accueilli follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVVVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses accueille with accueilli
A purely visual mix-up. accueille (\a.kœj\) 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 a single letter - e in “accueille” becomes i in “accueilli”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9548, 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\. 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 9548, this pair ranks #416,254 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of accueille vs accueilli
Shared letters: aceilu. Private to "accueille": -. Private to "accueilli": -.
"accueille" · 9 letters · shape VCCVVVCCV · "accueilli" · 9 letters · shape VCCVVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "accueille" and "accueilli" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "accueille" vs "accueilli" - 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 "accueille" 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 #416,254 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accueille" and "accueilli" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accueilli vs accueillit". 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 #416,254 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.