achètent

\a.ʃɛt\

/\a.ʃɛt\/ verb

The verdict

“achètent” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,436. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,436
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe acheter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-achetent · achètent · French

achètent · rank #10,436 · 13 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,436
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH act

Nearest frequency peer: act (+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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “achètent”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “achètent” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

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).

achètent vs acheter
63% similar
achètent vs achetez
63% similar
achètent vs achètes
75% similar

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

Key facts for achètent
PropertyValue
Headwordachètent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.ʃɛt\
Letters8
Frequency rank#10,436
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “achètent” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). achètent lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around achètent (IPA \a.ʃɛt\), averb. Corpus frequency is #10,436 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for achètent, with forms such as "acchètent", "achetent", and "achhètent". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "acheter", "achetez", "achètes", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is achètent, spelled A-C-H-È-T-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe acheter.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du subjonctif présent du verbe acheter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Tantôt avec les lassets, tantôt à l’aide de la bourraque, il faisait une petite récolte de ces belles crevettes roses (quand elles sont cuites) et qu’on appelle le bouquet; muni de l’attirail que j’ai décrit plus haut, il se livrait à une guerre acharnée contre toute la légion des crabes, pouparts, claquarts et craparagdis, sans compter les célèbres pieuv…
  2. Entichez ces enfants de votre marque et ils insisteront auprès des parents pour qu’ils l’achètent.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acchètent
  • achetent
  • achhètent
  • achtèent
  • achèetnt
  • achètennt
  • achètentt
  • achètetn
  • achètnet
  • achèttent
  • acèhtent
  • ahcètent
  • cahètent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

acchètent1achetent1achhètent1achtèent2achèetnt2achètennt1achètentt1achètetn2
Edit distance from "achètent"

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.

PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "achètent"?
"achètent" is spelled A-C-H-È-T-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ʃɛt\.
What does "achètent" mean?
As a verb, "achètent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe acheter.
What words are commonly confused with "achètent"?
"achètent" is commonly confused with "acheter", "achetez", "achètes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "achètent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "achètent" is \a.ʃɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "achètent" come from?
"achètent" 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 "achètent", 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 (13 here; floor ≥5).

What to do next

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  • "achètent" maps to 18 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "acheter". View pair
  • 13 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
  • Usage frequency rank #10,436 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
  • Browse more French words in the "A" letter cohort. A–Z browse

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list