achard

/\a.ʃaʁ\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#45,980

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

achard is aFrenchnoun. It means: Confit vinaigré de bambou ou de chou palmiste avec du safran. Pronounced \a.ʃaʁ\. Often confused with Achat and award.

Key facts for achard
PropertyValue
Headwordachard
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.ʃaʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#45,980
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of achard in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for achard is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.ʃaʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #45,980 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for achard, with forms such as "acahrd", "acchard", and "achadr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Achat", "award", "achats", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is achard, spelled A-C-H-A-R-D, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Confit vinaigré de bambou ou de chou palmiste avec du safran.
  2. 2
    Assaisonnement composé de légumes, fruits, etc. marinés ou confits dans du vinaigre, du sel, ou du citron mêlé de piment, safran, etc., et préparés aux Indes Orientales.
  3. 3
    Conserves pour un navire, marinade.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acahrd,acchard,achadr,achardd,acharrd,achhard,achrad,ahcard,cahard

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for achard

Misspelling Variants of "achard"

acahrd6acchard7achadr6achardd7acharrd7achhard7achrad6ahcard6
Misspelling Variants of "achard"

Frequency rank: #45,980 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "achard"?
"achard" is spelled A-C-H-A-R-D. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ʃaʁ\.
What does "achard" mean?
As a noun, "achard" means: Confit vinaigré de bambou ou de chou palmiste avec du safran.
What words are commonly confused with "achard"?
"achard" is commonly confused with "Achat", "award", "achats". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "achard"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "achard" is \a.ʃaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "achard" come from?
"achard" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.