Which to use
“accueillie” and “accueillis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,294
- “accueillie” frequency rank
- #12,894
- “accueillis” frequency rank
- 28188
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accueillie | accueillis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de accueillir. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de accueillir. |
Same sound, different letters: accueillie vs accueillis
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. accueillie (VCCVVVCCVV) and accueillis (VCCVVVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: accueillie vs accueillis
This is the hard kind. accueillie 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 a single letter - e in “accueillie” becomes s in “accueillis”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28188, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
accueillie is recorded at frequency rank #15,294, 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 28188, this pair ranks #324,373 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of accueillie vs accueillis
Shared letters: aceilu. Private to "accueillie": -. Private to "accueillis": s.
"accueillie" · 10 letters · shape VCCVVVCCVV · "accueillis" · 10 letters · shape VCCVVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- accueillie ← acceuillie · accueilie · accueilile · accueillei · accuelilie · accuiellie · acuceillie · acueillie
- accueillis ← acceuillis · accueilils · accueilis · accueilliss · accueillsi · accuelilis · accuiellis · acuceillis
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "accueillie" and "accueillis" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "accueillie" vs "accueillis" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "accueillie" 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 #324,373 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accueillie" and "accueillis" 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 #324,373 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.