Which to use
“acquitte” is a verb and “acquittée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,718
- “acquitte” frequency rank
- #40,580
- “acquittée” frequency rank
- 83298
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | acquitte | acquittée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe acquitter. | Féminin singulier de acquitté. |
Where the eye mixes acquitte and acquittée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: acquitte vs acquittée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: acquitte is \a.kit\ while acquittée is \a.ki.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 83298, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
acquitte is recorded at frequency rank #42,718, classified as averb, pronounced \a.kit\. acquittée is at rank #40,580, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.ki.te\.
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 83298, this pair ranks #15,107 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of acquitte vs acquittée
Shared letters: aceiqtu. Private to "acquitte": -. Private to "acquittée": é.
"acquitte" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVCCV · "acquittée" · 9 letters · shape VCCVVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- acquitte ← accquitte · acqiutte · acqquitte · acquite · acquitet · acqutite · acuqitte · aqcuitte
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "acquitte" and "acquittée" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "acquitte" or "acquittée"?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "acquitte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "acquittée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #15,107 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "acquitte" and "acquittée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acquit 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 #15,107 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.