Which to use
“accusé” is an adjective and “accuser” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,120
- “accusé” frequency rank
- #7,925
- “accuser” frequency rank
- 11045
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accusé | accuser |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Accentué. | Déférer à la justice quelqu’un comme coupable d’un délit, d’un crime. |
Same sound, different letters: accusé vs accuser
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - accusé and accuser
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: accusé and accuser carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.ky.ze\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11045, 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\. accuser is at rank #7,925, tagged as averb, 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 11045, this pair ranks #410,668 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of accusé vs accuser
Shared letters: acsu. Private to "accusé": é. Private to "accuser": er.
"accusé" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "accuser" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- accuser ← accsuer · accuesr · accuserr · accusre · accusser · acucser · cacuser
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "accusé" and "accuser" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "accusé" vs "accuser" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "accusé" / "accuser". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "accusé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "accuser" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #410,668 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accusé" and "accuser" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accuser vs accuses". 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 #410,668 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.