Which to use
“accueilli” and “accueillies” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,517
- “accueilli” frequency rank
- #28,431
- “accueillies” frequency rank
- 33948
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accueilli | accueillies |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de accueillir. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de accueillir. |
Same sound, different letters: accueilli vs accueillies
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. accueilli 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.
Homophone desk: accueilli vs accueillies
This is the hard kind. accueilli and accueillies 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 2 extra letter(s) - “accueilli” sits inside “accueillies”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33948, 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\. 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 33948, this pair ranks #287,186 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of accueilli vs accueillies
Shared letters: aceilu. Private to "accueilli": -. Private to "accueillies": s.
"accueilli" · 9 letters · shape VCCVVVCCV · "accueillies" · 11 letters · shape VCCVVVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- accueilli ← acceuilli · accueili · accueilil · accuelili · accuielli · acuceilli · acueilli · cacueilli
- accueillies ← acceuillies · accueilies · accueililes · accueilleis · accueilliess · accueillise · accuelilies · accuiellies
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "accueilli" for "accueillies" ever safe?
Frequency check: "accueilli" vs "accueillies" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "accueilli" / "accueillies". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "accueilli" 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 #287,186 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accueilli" 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 #287,186 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.