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. |
Same sound, different letters: accusée vs accusées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. accusée runs 7 letters (VCCVCVV) 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 - accusée / accusées
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "accusée" and "accusées" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "accusée" or "accusées"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "accusée" / "accusées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "accusée" 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 #218,990 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accusée" and "accusées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accusées vs accuses". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #218,990 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.