acharner

\a.ʃaʁ.ne\

/\a.ʃaʁ.ne\/ verb

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The verdict

“acharner” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,332. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,332
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Donner aux chiens, aux oiseaux de proie le goût, l’appétit de la chair.

Corpus desk

Index FR-acharner · acharner · French

acharner · rank #31,332 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,332
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH accueillons

Nearest frequency peer: accueillons (-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 « acharner »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « acharner » 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).

acharner vs acharne
88% similar
acharner vs acharnée
75% similar
acharner vs acharnent
78% similar

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

Key facts for acharner
PropertyValue
Headwordacharner
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.ʃaʁ.ne\
Letters8
Frequency rank#31,332
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « acharner »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).acharnerse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « accueillons » (#31,331), « adjonction » (#31,333), « accepteront » (#31,330). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « acharner » est au #31,332. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around acharner (IPA \a.ʃaʁ.ne\), averb. Corpus frequency is #31,332 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for acharner, with forms such as "acahrner", "accharner", and "achanrer". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "acharne", "acharnée", "acharnent", 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is acharner, spelled A-C-H-A-R-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Donner aux chiens, aux oiseaux de proie le goût, l’appétit de la chair.
  2. 2
    Exciter un animal, un homme contre un autre.
  3. 3
    Agir avec une animosité opiniâtre.
  4. 4
    S’attacher avec fureur, avec opiniâtreté.
  5. 5
    S’attacher à quelque chose avec excès.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On avait acharné les chiens contre le taureau. Je ne sais qui peut les avoir ainsi acharnés les uns contre les autres. Ils sont acharnés au combat.
  2. Un combat acharné.

This word in other languages

incite(English)cebar(Español)incitar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acahrner
  • accharner
  • achanrer
  • acharenr
  • acharnerr
  • acharnner
  • acharnre
  • acharrner
  • achharner
  • achraner
  • ahcarner
  • caharner

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of acharner - 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.

acahrner2accharner1achanrer2acharenr2acharnerr1acharnner1acharnre2acharrner1
Edit distance from "acharner"

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 "acharner"?
"acharner" is spelled A-C-H-A-R-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ʃaʁ.ne\.
What does "acharner" mean?
As a verb, "acharner" means: Donner aux chiens, aux oiseaux de proie le goût, l’appétit de la chair.
What words are commonly confused with "acharner"?
"acharner" is commonly confused with "acharne", "acharnée", "acharnent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "acharner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "acharner" 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 "acharner" come from?
"acharner" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

aboutira#31,325abondent#31,324ammoniac#31,342Analysis#31,343

Similar misspelling depth

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

accueillons12 variantsélitiste12 variantsautomates12 variantsécoutons12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list