Which to use
“accueille” and “accueillie” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,031
- “accueille” frequency rank
- #15,294
- “accueillie” frequency rank
- 19325
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accueille | accueillie |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif du verbe accueillir. | Participe passé féminin singulier de accueillir. |
Where the eye mixes accueille and accueillie
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. accueille runs 9 letters (VCCVVVCCV) against accueillie's 10 (VCCVVVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between accueille and accueillie
A purely visual mix-up. accueille (\a.kœj\) 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 19325, 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\. 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 19325, this pair ranks #373,827 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of accueille vs accueillie
Shared letters: aceilu. Private to "accueille": -. Private to "accueillie": -.
"accueille" · 9 letters · shape VCCVVVCCV · "accueillie" · 10 letters · shape VCCVVVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- accueille ← acceuille · accueile · accueilel · accuelile · accuielle · acuceille · acueille · cacueille
- accueillie ← acceuillie · accueilie · accueilile · accueillei · accuelilie · accuiellie · acuceillie · acueillie
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "accueille" and "accueillie" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "accueille" vs "accueillie" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "accueille" 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 #373,827 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accueille" and "accueillie" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accueillie 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 #373,827 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.