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“accueillent” and “accueillons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,723
- “accueillent” frequency rank
- #31,331
- “accueillons” frequency rank
- 45054
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accueillent | accueillons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de accueillir. | Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de accueillir. |
Where the eye mixes accueillent and accueillons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. accueillent and accueillons follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVVVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses accueillent with accueillons
A purely visual mix-up. accueillent (\a.kœj\) and accueillons (\a.kœ.jɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45054, 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\. accueillons is at rank #31,331, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.kœ.jɔ̃\.
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 45054, this pair ranks #205,766 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of accueillent vs accueillons
Shared letters: aceilnu. Private to "accueillent": t. Private to "accueillons": os.
"accueillent" · 11 letters · shape VCCVVVCCVCC · "accueillons" · 11 letters · shape VCCVVVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- accueillent ← acceuillent · accueilelnt · accueilent · accueillennt · accueillentt · accueilletn · accueillnet · accuelilent
- accueillons ← acceuillons · accueillnos · accueillonns · accueillonss · accueillosn · accueilolns · accueilons · accuelilons
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "accueillent" and "accueillons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "accueillent" vs "accueillons" - 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 "accueillent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "accueillons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #205,766 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accueillent" and "accueillons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accueillants vs accueillons". 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 #205,766 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.