Fiancé accent

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Hello folks, please can I have some advice from someone in the US? Do you spell fiancé with the accent or without it? Is it acceptable without? Thank you.
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You would spell it with the accent for clarity. US based editor, here! It would also be fiancée for feminine.
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Ah, I’ve found that the author used an accent on every other instance of fiancé, so I take it that the accent is required.
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This post should be in its own topic, just moving it...
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kimberleyDIane wrote: ↑03 Apr 2018, 10:46 You would spell it with the accent for clarity. US based editor, here! It would also be fiancée for feminine.
Ah, sorry, I posted before I knew that you’d replied. Thank you, the author, got all the other fiancés right, including the feminine fiancée.
Thanks for your help.
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