Which to use
“accueillent” and “accueillit” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,723
- “accueillent” frequency rank
- #31,804
- “accueillit” frequency rank
- 45527
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accueillent | accueillit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de accueillir. | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de accueillir. |
Where the eye mixes accueillent and accueillit
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. accueillent runs 11 letters (VCCVVVCCVCC) 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 accueillent with accueillit
A purely visual mix-up. accueillent (\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 45527, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
accueillent is recorded at frequency rank #13,723, 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 45527, this pair ranks #202,086 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of accueillent vs accueillit
Shared letters: aceiltu. Private to "accueillent": n. Private to "accueillit": -.
"accueillent" · 11 letters · shape VCCVVVCCVCC · "accueillit" · 10 letters · shape VCCVVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- accueillent ← acceuillent · accueilelnt · accueilent · accueillennt · accueillentt · accueilletn · accueillnet · accuelilent
- accueillit ← acceuillit · accueililt · accueilit · accueillitt · accueillti · accuelilit · accuiellit · acuceillit
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "accueillent" for "accueillit" ever safe?
Frequency check: "accueillent" vs "accueillit" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "accueillent" and "accueillit" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "accueillent" 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 #202,086 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accueillent" 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 #202,086 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.