accuséevsaccuséesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: accusée is a noun, accusées is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“accusée” is a noun and “accusées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#11,513
“accusée” frequency rank
#31,805
“accusées” frequency rank
43318
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature accusée accusées
Definition Personne de sexe féminin qui est accusée. Féminin pluriel de accusé.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set accusée and accusées apart are highlighted. They share 7 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

7 ch
accusée
8 ch
accusées

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: accusée and accusées carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.ky.ze\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “accusée” sits inside “accusées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43318, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

accusée is recorded at frequency rank #11,513, classified as anoun, 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 43318, this pair ranks #218,990 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of accusée vs accusées

Shared letters: acesué. Private to "accusée": -. Private to "accusées": -.

"accusée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV  ·  "accusées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC

Frequency comparison

accusée#11,513
accusées#31,805

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "accusée" and "accusées" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "accusée" is a noun and "accusées" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "accusée" or "accusées"?
"accusée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,513 in our French list, against #31,805 for "accusées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering accusée vs accusées

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “accusée”; for an adjective, it's “accusées”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “accusée” entry
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list