Which to use
“accusée” is a noun and “accuser” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,513
- “accusée” frequency rank
- #7,925
- “accuser” frequency rank
- 19438
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accusée | accuser |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne de sexe féminin qui est accusée. | Déférer à la justice quelqu’un comme coupable d’un délit, d’un crime. |
Same sound, different letters: accusée vs accuser
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Homophone desk: accusée vs accuser
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: accusée and accuser carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.ky.ze\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19438, 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\. 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 19438, this pair ranks #373,263 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of accusée vs accuser
Shared letters: acesu. Private to "accusée": é. Private to "accuser": r.
"accusée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "accuser" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- accuser ← accsuer · accuesr · accuserr · accusre · accusser · acucser · cacuser
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "accusée" for "accuser" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "accusée" or "accuser" show up more?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "accusée" / "accuser". 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 "accuser" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #373,263 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accusée" and "accuser" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abusée vs accusée". 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 #373,263 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.