accaparer

\a.ka.pa.ʁe\

/\a.ka.pa.ʁe\/ verb

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The verdict

“accaparer” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,957. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,957
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acheter ou retenir une quantité considérable d’une denrée, d’une marchandise, pour la rendre plus chère en la rendant plus rare, et se faire ainsi seul le maître de la vente et du prix.

Corpus desk

Index FR-accaparer · accaparer · French

accaparer · rank #33,957 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #33,957
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH abrupte

Nearest frequency peer: abrupte (-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 « accaparer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « accaparer » 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).

accaparer vs accapare
89% similar

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

Key facts for accaparer
PropertyValue
Headwordaccaparer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.ka.pa.ʁe\
Letters9
Frequency rank#33,957
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « accaparer »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).accaparerse 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 « abrupte » (#33,956), « accélèrent » (#33,958), « abolit » (#33,955). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « accaparer » est au #33,957. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around accaparer (IPA \a.ka.pa.ʁe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #33,957 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for accaparer, with forms such as "acacparer", "acaparer", and "accaaprer". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "accapare", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is accaparer, spelled A-C-C-A-P-A-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acheter ou retenir une quantité considérable d’une denrée, d’une marchandise, pour la rendre plus chère en la rendant plus rare, et se faire ainsi seul le maître de la vente et du prix.
  2. 2
    S'assurer par des sollicitations, par la brigue, etc., en parlant des voix, des suffrages.
  3. 3
    S’emparer de quelqu’un ou de quelque chose pour son propre profit.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Et ils ont cherché à accaparer, chacun pour soi, la plus grande quantité de jouissances possible, sans s'occuper des intérêts d'autrui.
  2. On l’accusait d’avoir accaparé tous les blés de la province.

This word in other languages

monopolise(English)absorber(Español)absorbieren(Deutsch)preocupar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acacparer
  • acaparer
  • accaaprer
  • accapaerr
  • accaparerr
  • accaparre
  • accaparrer
  • accapparer
  • accapraer
  • accpaarer
  • cacaparer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of accaparer - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

acacparer2acaparer1accaaprer2accapaerr2accaparerr1accaparre2accaparrer1accapparer1
Edit distance from "accaparer"

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 "accaparer"?
"accaparer" is spelled A-C-C-A-P-A-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ka.pa.ʁe\.
What does "accaparer" mean?
As a verb, "accaparer" means: Acheter ou retenir une quantité considérable d’une denrée, d’une marchandise, pour la rendre plus chère en la rendant plus rare, et se faire ainsi seul le maître de la vente et du prix.
What words are commonly confused with "accaparer"?
"accaparer" is commonly confused with "accapare". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "accaparer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "accaparer" is \a.ka.pa.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "accaparer" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

agronome11 variantsarriverez11 variantsverglas11 variantsassertion11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list