Which to use
“accueilli” and “accueillie” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,517
- “accueilli” frequency rank
- #15,294
- “accueillie” frequency rank
- 20811
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accueilli | accueillie |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de accueillir. | Participe passé féminin singulier de accueillir. |
Same sound, different letters: accueilli vs accueillie
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. accueilli 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.
Same sound, different spelling - accueilli / accueillie
This is the hard kind. accueilli and accueillie are pronounced identically (\a.kœ.ji\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “accueilli” sits inside “accueillie”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20811, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
accueilli is recorded at frequency rank #5,517, classified as averb, pronounced \a.kœ.ji\. 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 20811, this pair ranks #366,381 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of accueilli vs accueillie
Shared letters: aceilu. Private to "accueilli": -. Private to "accueillie": -.
"accueilli" · 9 letters · shape VCCVVVCCV · "accueillie" · 10 letters · shape VCCVVVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- accueilli ← acceuilli · accueili · accueilil · accuelili · accuielli · acuceilli · acueilli · cacueilli
- accueillie ← acceuillie · accueilie · accueilile · accueillei · accuelilie · accuiellie · acuceillie · acueillie
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "accueilli" 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 #366,381 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accueilli" 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 #366,381 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.