Which to use
“accusait” and “amusait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,753
- “accusait” frequency rank
- #23,097
- “amusait” frequency rank
- 45850
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accusait | amusait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe accuser. | Le contrôleur-conducteur ne l’amusait plus, il n’entendait plus la pluie métallique de la monnaie tombant de sa tirelire, il n’avait pas besoin de lui pour savoir où descendre… — (Elsa Triolet, Le Cheval blanc, 1943, troisième partie, chapitre VII) |
Where the eye mixes accusait and amusait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. accusait runs 8 letters (VCCVCVVC) against amusait's 7 (VCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses accusait with amusait
A purely visual mix-up. accusait (\a.ky.zɛ\) and amusait (\a.my.zɛ\) 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 45850, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
accusait is recorded at frequency rank #22,753, classified as averb, pronounced \a.ky.zɛ\. amusait is at rank #23,097, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.my.zɛ\.
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 45850, this pair ranks #199,551 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of accusait vs amusait
Shared letters: aistu. Private to "accusait": c. Private to "amusait": m.
"accusait" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC · "amusait" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "accusait" for "amusait" ever safe?
Frequency check: "accusait" vs "amusait" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "accusait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "amusait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #199,551 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accusait" and "amusait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "amusaient vs amusait". 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 #199,551 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.