Which to use
“accusé” and “accusées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,120
- “accusé” frequency rank
- #31,805
- “accusées” frequency rank
- 34925
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accusé | accusées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Accentué. | Féminin pluriel de accusé. |
Same sound, different letters: accusé vs accusées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. accusé runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against accusées's 8 (VCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - accusé / accusées
This is the hard kind. accusé and accusées are pronounced identically (\a.ky.ze\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “accusé” sits inside “accusées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34925, 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\. accusées is at rank #31,805, tagged as anadj, 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 34925, this pair ranks #280,408 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of accusé vs accusées
Shared letters: acsué. Private to "accusé": -. Private to "accusées": e.
"accusé" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "accusées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "accusé" and "accusées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "accusé" vs "accusées" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "accusé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "accusées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #280,408 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accusé" and "accusées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accusées vs accuses". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #280,408 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.