Which to use
“accumule” and “accumulées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,607
- “accumule” frequency rank
- #28,432
- “accumulées” frequency rank
- 46039
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accumule | accumulées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe accumuler. | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe accumuler. |
Where the eye mixes accumule and accumulées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. accumule runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCV) against accumulées's 10 (VCCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses accumule with accumulées
A purely visual mix-up. accumule (\a.ky.myl\) and accumulées (\a.ky.my.le\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46039, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
accumule is recorded at frequency rank #17,607, classified as averb, pronounced \a.ky.myl\. accumulées is at rank #28,432, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.ky.my.le\.
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 46039, this pair ranks #198,098 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of accumule vs accumulées
Shared letters: acelmu. Private to "accumule": -. Private to "accumulées": sé.
"accumule" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV · "accumulées" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- accumule ← accmuule · accumlue · accummule · accumuel · accumulle · accuumle · acucmule · acumule
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "accumule" for "accumulées" ever safe?
Which is more common, "accumule" or "accumulées"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "accumule" and "accumulées" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "accumule" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "accumulées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #198,098 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accumule" and "accumulées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accumulée vs accumulées". 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 #198,098 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.