Which to use
“accusent” and “accuses” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,953
- “accusent” frequency rank
- #40,579
- “accuses” frequency rank
- 54532
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accusent | accuses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe accuser. | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe accuser. |
Same sound, different letters: accusent vs accuses
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. accusent runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCC) against accuses's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - accusent and accuses
This is the hard kind. accusent and accuses are pronounced identically (\a.kyz\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54532, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
accusent is recorded at frequency rank #13,953, classified as averb, pronounced \a.kyz\. accuses is at rank #40,579, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.kyz\.
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 54532, this pair ranks #133,359 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of accusent vs accuses
Shared letters: acesu. Private to "accusent": nt. Private to "accuses": -.
"accusent" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCC · "accuses" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "accusent" for "accuses" ever safe?
Which is more common, "accusent" or "accuses"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "accusent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "accuses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #133,359 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accusent" and "accuses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accrues 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 #133,359 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.