Which to use
“accusé” is an adjective and “accusée” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,120
- “accusé” frequency rank
- #11,513
- “accusée” frequency rank
- 14633
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accusé | accusée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Accentué. | Personne de sexe féminin qui est accusée. |
Same sound, different letters: accusé vs accusée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Homophone desk: accusé vs accusée
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: accusé and accusée carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.ky.ze\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “accusé” sits inside “accusée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14633, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
accusé is recorded at frequency rank #3,120, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.ky.ze\. accusée is at rank #11,513, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.ky.ze\.
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 14633, this pair ranks #395,834 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of accusé vs accusée
Shared letters: acsué. Private to "accusé": -. Private to "accusée": e.
"accusé" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "accusée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "accusé" and "accusée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "accusé" vs "accusée" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"accusé" and "accusée" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "accusé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "accusée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #395,834 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accusé" and "accusée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abusée vs accusée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #395,834 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.