Which to use
“accueille” and “accueillit” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,031
- “accueille” frequency rank
- #31,804
- “accueillit” frequency rank
- 35835
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accueille | accueillit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif du verbe accueillir. | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de accueillir. |
Where the eye mixes accueille and accueillit
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. accueille runs 9 letters (VCCVVVCCV) against accueillit's 10 (VCCVVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses accueille with accueillit
A purely visual mix-up. accueille (\a.kœj\) and accueillit (\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 35835, 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\. accueillit is at rank #31,804, 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 35835, this pair ranks #273,913 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of accueille vs accueillit
Shared letters: aceilu. Private to "accueille": -. Private to "accueillit": t.
"accueille" · 9 letters · shape VCCVVVCCV · "accueillit" · 10 letters · shape VCCVVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- accueille ← acceuille · accueile · accueilel · accuelile · accuielle · acuceille · acueille · cacueille
- accueillit ← acceuillit · accueililt · accueilit · accueillitt · accueillti · accuelilit · accuiellit · acuceillit
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "accueille" and "accueillit" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "accueille" or "accueillit" show up more?
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 "accueillit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #273,913 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accueille" and "accueillit" 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 #273,913 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.