acheter
\a.ʃə.te\
The verdict
“acheter” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #782. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #782
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acquérir quelque chose en l’échangeant contre sa valeur en devise.
Corpus desk
Index FR-acheter · acheter · French
acheter · rank #782 · 10 variants · 17 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #782
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH voie
Nearest frequency peer: voie (-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 “acheter”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- taux
taux
99,222 corpus weight
- travailler
travailler
99,221 corpus weight
- voie
voie
99,220 corpus weight
- acheter
acheter
99,219 corpus weight
- Afrique
Afrique
99,218 corpus weight
- attendre
attendre
99,217 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “acheter” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | acheter |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \a.ʃə.te\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #782 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “acheter” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around acheter (IPA \a.ʃə.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #782 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for acheter, with forms such as "accheter", "acehter", and "acheetr". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "achevé", "arrêter", "achetez", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is acheter, spelled A-C-H-E-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Acquérir quelque chose en l’échangeant contre sa valeur en devise.
- 2Corrompre quelqu’un à l’aide de pots-de-vin.
- 3Accepter, juger crédible.
- 4Accoucher d’un enfant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how acheter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il rit, tout en me blâmant, des tours que j’avais joués au fermier qui m’avait acheté du père Georget.
Tenez, qu'est-ce qui se passe à la Bourse ? Des gens qui n'ont rien prennent le droit d’acheter une marchandise dont ils savent parfaitement que la livraison ne s'accomplira jamais, mais qu'ils revendront avec profit.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- accheter
- acehter
- acheetr
- acheterr
- achetre
- achetter
- achheter
- achteer
- ahceter
- caheter
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of acheter - 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.
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
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "acheter", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "acheter". Here's where to go from here.
- "acheter" maps to 17 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "achevé". View pair
- 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #782 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "A" letter cohort. A–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.