accueilliesvsaccueillitConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#28,431
“accueillies” frequency rank
#31,804
“accueillit” frequency rank
60235
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature accueillies accueillit
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel de accueillir. Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de accueillir.

Same sound, different letters: accueillies vs accueillit

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. accueillies runs 11 letters (VCCVVVCCVVC) against accueillit's 10 (VCCVVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch
accueillies
10 ch
accueillit

Homophone desk: accueillies vs accueillit

This is the hard kind. accueillies 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60235, 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\. 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 60235, this pair ranks #98,717 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of accueillies vs accueillit

Shared letters: aceilu. Private to "accueillies": s. Private to "accueillit": t.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • accueillies ← acceuillies · accueilies · accueililes · accueilleis · accueilliess · accueillise · accuelilies · accuiellies
  • accueillit ← acceuillit · accueililt · accueilit · accueillitt · accueillti · accuelilit · accuiellit · acuceillit

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "accueillies" and "accueillit" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\a.kœ.ji\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "accueillies" vs "accueillit" - which ranks higher?
"accueillies" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,431 in our French list, against #31,804 for "accueillit". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

"accueillies" and "accueillit" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "accueillies" 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 #98,717 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "accueillies" and "accueillit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accueillies vs accueillons". 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 #98,717 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