Which to use
“accueillir” and “accueillit” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,806
- “accueillir” frequency rank
- #31,804
- “accueillit” frequency rank
- 34610
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accueillir | accueillit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Faire un accueil, recevoir en bien ou en mal quelqu’un ou quelque chose qui arrive. | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de accueillir. |
Where the eye mixes accueillir and accueillit
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. accueillir and accueillit follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVVVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: accueillir vs accueillit
A purely visual mix-up. accueillir (\a.kœ.jiʁ\) and accueillit (\a.kœ.ji\) 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 a single letter - r in “accueillir” becomes t in “accueillit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34610, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
accueillir is recorded at frequency rank #2,806, classified as averb, pronounced \a.kœ.jiʁ\. 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 34610, this pair ranks #282,625 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of accueillir vs accueillit
Shared letters: aceilu. Private to "accueillir": r. Private to "accueillit": t.
"accueillir" · 10 letters · shape VCCVVVCCVC · "accueillit" · 10 letters · shape VCCVVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- accueillir ← acceuillir · accueililr · accueilir · accueillirr · accueillri · accuelilir · accuiellir · acuceillir
- accueillit ← acceuillit · accueililt · accueilit · accueillitt · accueillti · accuelilit · accuiellit · acuceillit
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "accueillir" and "accueillit" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "accueillir" or "accueillit"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "accueillir" 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 #282,625 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accueillir" 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 #282,625 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.