accueilliesvsaccueillirWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“accueillies” and “accueillir” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#28,431
“accueillies” frequency rank
#2,806
“accueillir” frequency rank
31237
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature accueillies accueillir
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel de accueillir. Faire un accueil, recevoir en bien ou en mal quelqu’un ou quelque chose qui arrive.

Where the eye mixes accueillies and accueillir

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. accueillies runs 11 letters (VCCVVVCCVVC) against accueillir's 10 (VCCVVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch
accueillies
10 ch
accueillir

Visual trap between accueillies and accueillir

A purely visual mix-up. accueillies (\a.kœ.ji\) and accueillir (\a.kœ.jiʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31237, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

accueillies is recorded at frequency rank #28,431, classified as averb, pronounced \a.kœ.ji\. accueillir is at rank #2,806, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.kœ.jiʁ\.

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 31237, this pair ranks #305,065 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of accueillies vs accueillir

Shared letters: aceilu. Private to "accueillies": s. Private to "accueillir": r.

"accueillies" · 11 letters · shape VCCVVVCCVVC  ·  "accueillir" · 10 letters · shape VCCVVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • accueillies ← acceuillies · accueilies · accueililes · accueilleis · accueilliess · accueillise · accuelilies · accuiellies
  • accueillir ← acceuillir · accueililr · accueilir · accueillirr · accueillri · accuelilir · accuiellir · acuceillir

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "accueillies" and "accueillir" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\a.kœ.ji\ versus \a.kœ.jiʁ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "accueillies" or "accueillir"?
"accueillir" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,806 in our French list, against #28,431 for "accueillies". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "accueillies" and "accueillir" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "accueillies" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "accueillir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #305,065 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "accueillies" and "accueillir" 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 #305,065 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list