Which to use
“accueilli” and “accueillis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,517
- “accueilli” frequency rank
- #12,894
- “accueillis” frequency rank
- 18411
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accueilli | accueillis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de accueillir. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de accueillir. |
Same sound, different letters: accueilli vs accueillis
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. accueilli runs 9 letters (VCCVVVCCV) against accueillis's 10 (VCCVVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - accueilli and accueillis
This is the hard kind. accueilli and accueillis 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 “accueillis”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18411, 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\. accueillis is at rank #12,894, 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 18411, this pair ranks #378,468 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of accueilli vs accueillis
Shared letters: aceilu. Private to "accueilli": -. Private to "accueillis": s.
"accueilli" · 9 letters · shape VCCVVVCCV · "accueillis" · 10 letters · shape VCCVVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- accueilli ← acceuilli · accueili · accueilil · accuelili · accuielli · acuceilli · acueilli · cacueilli
- accueillis ← acceuillis · accueilils · accueilis · accueilliss · accueillsi · accuelilis · accuiellis · acuceillis
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "accueilli" and "accueillis" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "accueilli" or "accueillis"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "accueilli" / "accueillis". 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 "accueillis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #378,468 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accueilli" and "accueillis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accueillis 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 #378,468 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.