Which to use
“accuser” and “accuses” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,925
- “accuser” frequency rank
- #40,579
- “accuses” frequency rank
- 48504
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accuser | accuses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Déférer à la justice quelqu’un comme coupable d’un délit, d’un crime. | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe accuser. |
Where the eye mixes accuser and accuses
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses accuser with accuses
A purely visual mix-up. accuser (\a.ky.ze\) and accuses (\a.kyz\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - r in “accuser” becomes s in “accuses”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48504, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
accuser is recorded at frequency rank #7,925, classified as averb, pronounced \a.ky.ze\. 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 48504, this pair ranks #178,379 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of accuser vs accuses
Shared letters: acesu. Private to "accuser": r. Private to "accuses": -.
"accuser" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "accuses" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "accuser" for "accuses" ever safe?
Which is more common, "accuser" or "accuses"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "accuser" 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 #178,379 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accuser" 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 #178,379 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.