Which to use
“accumulée” and “accumulés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,450
- “accumulée” frequency rank
- #24,838
- “accumulés” frequency rank
- 55288
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accumulée | accumulés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe accumuler. | Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe accumuler. |
Same sound, different letters: accumulée vs accumulés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. accumulée (VCCVCVCVV) and accumulés (VCCVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: accumulée vs accumulés
This is the hard kind. accumulée and accumulés are pronounced identically (\a.ky.my.le\) 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 a single letter - e in “accumulée” becomes s in “accumulés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55288, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
accumulée is recorded at frequency rank #30,450, classified as averb, pronounced \a.ky.my.le\. accumulés is at rank #24,838, 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 55288, this pair ranks #128,400 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of accumulée vs accumulés
Shared letters: aclmué. Private to "accumulée": e. Private to "accumulés": s.
"accumulée" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVV · "accumulés" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "accumulée" for "accumulés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "accumulée" or "accumulés"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "accumulée" / "accumulés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "accumulée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "accumulés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #128,400 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accumulée" and "accumulés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accumulée vs accumulées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #128,400 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.