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

#12,894
“accueillis” frequency rank
#31,331
“accueillons” frequency rank
44225
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature accueillis accueillons
Definition Participe passé masculin pluriel de accueillir. Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de accueillir.

Where the eye mixes accueillis and accueillons

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

10 ch
accueillis
11 ch
accueillons

Why the eye confuses accueillis with accueillons

A purely visual mix-up. accueillis (\a.kœ.ji\) and accueillons (\a.kœ.jɔ̃\) 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 44225, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

accueillis is recorded at frequency rank #12,894, classified as averb, pronounced \a.kœ.ji\. accueillons is at rank #31,331, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.kœ.jɔ̃\.

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 44225, this pair ranks #212,099 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of accueillis vs accueillons

Shared letters: aceilsu. Private to "accueillis": -. Private to "accueillons": no.

"accueillis" · 10 letters · shape VCCVVVCCVC  ·  "accueillons" · 11 letters · shape VCCVVVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • accueillis ← acceuillis · accueilils · accueilis · accueilliss · accueillsi · accuelilis · accuiellis · acuceillis
  • accueillons ← acceuillons · accueillnos · accueillonns · accueillonss · accueillosn · accueilolns · accueilons · accuelilons

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "accueillis" and "accueillons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\a.kœ.ji\ versus \a.kœ.jɔ̃\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "accueillis" vs "accueillons" - which ranks higher?
"accueillis" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,894 in our French list, against #31,331 for "accueillons". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "accueillis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "accueillons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #212,099 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "accueillis" and "accueillons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accueillants 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 #212,099 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