Which to use
“acte” and “ae” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,353
- “acte” frequency rank
- #20,911
- “ae” frequency rank
- 22264
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | acte | ae |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Résultat d’une action, opération accomplie. | Graine. |
Letter map: acte vs ae
Shared letters muted; letters that set acte and ae apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Corpus notes: acte and ae
acte and ae are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22264, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
acte is recorded at frequency rank #1,353, classified as anoun, pronounced \akt\. ae is at rank #20,911, tagged as anoun.
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 22264, this pair ranks #358,947 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of acte vs ae
Shared letters: ae. Private to "acte": ct. Private to "ae": -.
"acte" · 4 letters · shape VCCV · "ae" · 2 letters · shape VV
Known mistypes of this pair
- acte ← accte · acet · actte · atce · cate
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "acte" for "ae" ever safe?
Which is more common, "acte" or "ae"?
Useful next steps
Pair "acte" vs "ae" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "acte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ae" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #358,947 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "acte" and "ae" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ae vs aves". 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 #358,947 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.