acacia

\a.ka.sja\

/\a.ka.sja\/ noun

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The verdict

“acacia” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,328. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,328
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genre d’arbres et arbustes appartenant à la famille monoparentale des Fabacées (sous-famille des Mimosoïdées), qui possèdent des aiguillons et qui a deux espèces dont l’une fournit la gomme arabiqu...

Corpus desk

Index FR-acacia · acacia · French

acacia · rank #31,328 · 7 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,328
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH absolus

Nearest frequency peer: absolus (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « acacia »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « acacia » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

acacia vs Accra
50% similar
acacia vs Alicia
50% similar
acacia vs Acadie
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for acacia
PropertyValue
Headwordacacia
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.ka.sja\
Letters6
Frequency rank#31,328
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « acacia »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).acaciase place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « absolus » (#31,327), « acadien » (#31,329), « abréviations » (#31,326). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « acacia » est au #31,328. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around acacia (IPA \a.ka.sja\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,328 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for acacia, with forms such as "aaccia", "acacai", and "acaccia". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Accra", "Alicia", "Acadie", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is acacia, spelled A-C-A-C-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genre d’arbres et arbustes appartenant à la famille monoparentale des Fabacées (sous-famille des Mimosoïdées), qui possèdent des aiguillons et qui a deux espèces dont l’une fournit la gomme arabique et l’autre la gomme à mâcher du Sénégal.
  2. 2
    Arbre à rameaux munis d’aiguillons et à fleurs blanches et odorantes disposées par grappes de la famille des Légumineuses (→ voir robinier).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how acacia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Oriounga et ses deux compagnons, assis sur les talons, à l’ombre d’un acacia nain mais largement branchu, surveillaient le troupeau.
  2. Seul vivait le feu où une bûche d’acacia claquait sans arrêt. — Autrefois, dit le père, un forestier sérieux n’aurait jamais mis de l’acacia dans le bois de chauffage. Mais aujourd’hui, ils se foutent de tout.

Synonyms

robinier faux-acaciafaux-acacia

This word in other languages

acacia(English)acacia(Español)Akazie(Deutsch)acácia(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aaccia
  • acacai
  • acaccia
  • acaica
  • accacia
  • accaia
  • caacia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of acacia - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

aaccia2acacai2acaccia1acaica2accacia1accaia2caacia2
Edit distance from "acacia"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "acacia"?
"acacia" is spelled A-C-A-C-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ka.sja\.
What does "acacia" mean?
As a noun, "acacia" means: Genre d’arbres et arbustes appartenant à la famille monoparentale des Fabacées (sous-famille des Mimosoïdées), qui possèdent des aiguillons et qui a deux espèces dont l’une fournit la gomme arabiqu...
What words are commonly confused with "acacia"?
"acacia" is commonly confused with "Accra", "Alicia", "Acadie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "acacia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "acacia" is \a.ka.sja\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "acacia" come from?
"acacia" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "acacia", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

évitée#31,316évites#31,315étalée#31,313écueil#31,306

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

allient7 variantsWallis7 variantstunes7 variantsthés7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list