Which to use
“accueilli” and “accueillit” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,517
- “accueilli” frequency rank
- #31,804
- “accueillit” frequency rank
- 37321
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accueilli | accueillit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de accueillir. | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de accueillir. |
Same sound, different letters: accueilli vs accueillit
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. accueilli runs 9 letters (VCCVVVCCV) against accueillit's 10 (VCCVVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - accueilli / accueillit
This is the hard kind. accueilli and accueillit 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 “accueillit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37321, 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\. 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 37321, this pair ranks #263,252 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of accueilli vs accueillit
Shared letters: aceilu. Private to "accueilli": -. Private to "accueillit": t.
"accueilli" · 9 letters · shape VCCVVVCCV · "accueillit" · 10 letters · shape VCCVVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- accueilli ← acceuilli · accueili · accueilil · accuelili · accuielli · acuceilli · acueilli · cacueilli
- accueillit ← acceuillit · accueililt · accueilit · accueillitt · accueillti · accuelilit · accuiellit · acuceillit
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "accueilli" and "accueillit" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "accueilli" or "accueillit" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "accueilli" / "accueillit". 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 "accueillit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #263,252 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accueilli" 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 #263,252 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.