Which to use
“accusées” is an adjective and “accuser” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #31,805
- “accusées” frequency rank
- #7,925
- “accuser” frequency rank
- 39730
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accusées | accuser |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de accusé. | Déférer à la justice quelqu’un comme coupable d’un délit, d’un crime. |
Same sound, different letters: accusées vs accuser
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. accusées runs 8 letters (VCCVCVVC) against accuser's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: accusées vs accuser
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: accusées 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 39730, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
accusées is recorded at frequency rank #31,805, 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 39730, this pair ranks #245,814 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of accusées vs accuser
Shared letters: acesu. Private to "accusées": é. Private to "accuser": r.
"accusées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC · "accuser" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- accuser ← accsuer · accuesr · accuserr · accusre · accusser · acucser · cacuser
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "accusées" for "accuser" ever safe?
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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 "accusées" 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 #245,814 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accusées" and "accuser" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accusées 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 #245,814 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.