Which to use
“acre” and “albe” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,433
- “acre” frequency rank
- #44,849
- “albe” frequency rank
- 73282
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | acre | albe |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Unité de surface égale à 0,4 hectare ou à 4046,9 mètres carrés, encore utilisée en agriculture et dans divers pays avec des valeurs différentes. | Ablette. |
Where the eye mixes acre and albe
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. acre and albe follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: acre vs albe
A purely visual mix-up. acre (\akʁ\) and albe (\alb\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73282, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
acre is recorded at frequency rank #28,433, classified as anoun, pronounced \akʁ\. albe is at rank #44,849, tagged as anoun, pronounced \alb\.
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 73282, this pair ranks #41,014 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of acre vs albe
Shared letters: ae. Private to "acre": cr. Private to "albe": bl.
"acre" · 4 letters · shape VCCV · "albe" · 4 letters · shape VCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "acre" and "albe" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "acre" vs "albe" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "acre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "albe" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #41,014 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "acre" and "albe" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "albe vs Aure". 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 #41,014 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.