Which to use
“accueille” and “accueillies” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,031
- “accueille” frequency rank
- #28,431
- “accueillies” frequency rank
- 32462
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accueille | accueillies |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif du verbe accueillir. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de accueillir. |
Where the eye mixes accueille and accueillies
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. accueille runs 9 letters (VCCVVVCCV) against accueillies's 11 (VCCVVVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses accueille with accueillies
A purely visual mix-up. accueille (\a.kœj\) and accueillies (\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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32462, 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\. accueillies is at rank #28,431, 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 32462, this pair ranks #297,122 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of accueille vs accueillies
Shared letters: aceilu. Private to "accueille": -. Private to "accueillies": s.
"accueille" · 9 letters · shape VCCVVVCCV · "accueillies" · 11 letters · shape VCCVVVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- accueille ← acceuille · accueile · accueilel · accuelile · accuielle · acuceille · acueille · cacueille
- accueillies ← acceuillies · accueilies · accueililes · accueilleis · accueilliess · accueillise · accuelilies · accuiellies
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "accueille" and "accueillies" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "accueille" vs "accueillies" - 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 "accueillies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #297,122 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accueille" and "accueillies" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accueillies 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 #297,122 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.