acharnée

\a.ʃaʁ.ne\

/\a.ʃaʁ.ne\/ adj

The verdict

“acharnée” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,839. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,839
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de acharné.

Corpus desk

Index FR-acharnee · acharnée · French

acharnée · rank #24,839 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,839
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH accumulés

Nearest frequency peer: accumulés (-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 « acharnée »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « acharnée » 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).

acharnée vs acharner
75% similar
acharnée vs acharnent
67% similar
acharnée vs acharne
88% similar

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

Key facts for acharnée
PropertyValue
Headwordacharnée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\a.ʃaʁ.ne\
Letters8
Frequency rank#24,839
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « acharnée »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.acharnéese 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 « accumulés » (#24,838), « ada » (#24,840), « accompagnera » (#24,837). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « acharnée » est au #24,839. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around acharnée (IPA \a.ʃaʁ.ne\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #24,839 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de acharné.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for acharnée, with forms such as "acahrnée", "accharnée", and "achanrée". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "acharner", "acharnent", "acharne", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is acharnée, spelled A-C-H-A-R-N-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de acharné.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. En effet, contrairement à la réputation d’infaillibilité qu’a fini par lui faire attribuer son historiographe habituel, M. Dubois s’était conduit comme un étourneau dans l’enquête au sujet de la peste mauve ; il l’avait confiée à un seul et futile amateur qui filait la parfait amour avec la suspecte nᵒ 1, se faisait estropier au premier terremoto de rien…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acahrnée
  • accharnée
  • achanrée
  • acharnee
  • acharneé
  • acharnnée
  • acharrnée
  • acharéne
  • achharnée
  • achranée
  • ahcarnée
  • caharnée

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of acharnée - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

acahrnée2accharnée1achanrée2acharnee1acharneé2acharnnée1acharrnée1acharéne2
Edit distance from "acharnée"

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 "acharnée"?
"acharnée" is spelled A-C-H-A-R-N-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ʃaʁ.ne\.
What does "acharnée" mean?
As an adjective, "acharnée" means: Féminin singulier de acharné.
What words are commonly confused with "acharnée"?
"acharnée" is commonly confused with "acharner", "acharnent", "acharne". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "acharnée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "acharnée" is \a.ʃaʁ.ne\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "acharnée" come from?
"acharnée" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list