Which to use
“accueillie” and “accueillit” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,294
- “accueillie” frequency rank
- #31,804
- “accueillit” frequency rank
- 47098
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accueillie | accueillit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de accueillir. | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de accueillir. |
Same sound, different letters: accueillie vs accueillit
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. accueillie (VCCVVVCCVV) and accueillit (VCCVVVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - accueillie and accueillit
This is the hard kind. accueillie 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 a single letter - e in “accueillie” becomes t in “accueillit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47098, 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\. 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 47098, this pair ranks #189,659 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of accueillie vs accueillit
Shared letters: aceilu. Private to "accueillie": -. Private to "accueillit": t.
"accueillie" · 10 letters · shape VCCVVVCCVV · "accueillit" · 10 letters · shape VCCVVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- accueillie ← acceuillie · accueilie · accueilile · accueillei · accuelilie · accuiellie · acuceillie · acueillie
- accueillit ← acceuillit · accueililt · accueilit · accueillitt · accueillti · accuelilit · accuiellit · acuceillit
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "accueillie" and "accueillit" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "accueillie" vs "accueillit" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "accueillie" / "accueillit". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "accueillie" 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 #189,659 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accueillie" 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 #189,659 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.