achats

\a.ʃa\

/\a.ʃa\/ noun

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The verdict

“achats” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,459. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,459
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de achat.

Corpus desk

Index FR-achats · achats · French

achats · rank #4,459 · 9 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,459
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH accorder

Nearest frequency peer: accorder (-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 « achats »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « achats » 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).

achats vs achète
67% similar
achats vs acheta
67% similar
achats vs appâts
50% similar

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

Key facts for achats
PropertyValue
Headwordachats
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.ʃa\
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,459
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « achats »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).achatsse 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 « accorder » (#4,458), « actuelles » (#4,460), « admettre » (#4,461). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « achats » est au #4,459. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around achats (IPA \a.ʃa\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,459 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de achat.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for achats, with forms such as "acahts", "acchats", and "achast". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "achète", "acheta", "appâts", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is achats, spelled A-C-H-A-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de achat.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Et maintenant que les tuyaux sont pleins, que les cuves sont remplies à ras bord de vin rouge, ces commerçants avisés semblent être devenus beaucoup plus tatillons sur leurs achats.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acahts
  • acchats
  • achast
  • achatss
  • achatts
  • achhats
  • achtas
  • ahcats
  • cahats

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

acahts2acchats1achast2achatss1achatts1achhats1achtas2ahcats2
Edit distance from "achats"

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 "achats"?
"achats" is spelled A-C-H-A-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ʃa\.
What does "achats" mean?
As a noun, "achats" means: Pluriel de achat.
What words are commonly confused with "achats"?
"achats" is commonly confused with "achète", "acheta", "appâts". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "achats"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "achats" is \a.ʃa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "achats" come from?
"achats" 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 "achats", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

utiles#4,452bosser#4,469craint#4,477danser#4,481

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

voisine9 variantspoutine9 variantsexposé9 variantsoffrent9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list