Which to use
“acquis” and “acquise” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,605
- “acquis” frequency rank
- #7,779
- “acquise” frequency rank
- 10384
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | acquis | acquise |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est obtenu, sans que cela ait été auparavant déjà possédé. | Féminin singulier de acquis. |
Where the eye mixes acquis and acquise
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses acquis with acquise
A purely visual mix-up. acquis (\a.ki\) and acquise (\a.kiz\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “acquis” sits inside “acquise”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10384, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
acquis is recorded at frequency rank #2,605, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.ki\. acquise is at rank #7,779, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.kiz\.
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 10384, this pair ranks #413,194 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of acquis vs acquise
Shared letters: aciqsu. Private to "acquis": -. Private to "acquise": e.
"acquis" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC · "acquise" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "acquis" and "acquise" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "acquis" vs "acquise" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "acquis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "acquise" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #413,194 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "acquis" and "acquise" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acquise vs acquitte". 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 #413,194 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.