achievement

\əˈtʃiːv.mənt\

/\əˈtʃiːv.mənt\/ noun

The verdict

“achievement” is uncommon French (frequency #66,467 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,467
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Accomplissement, réalisation.

Corpus desk

Index FR-achievement · achievement · French

achievement · rank #66,467 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,467
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH accroupis

Nearest frequency peer: accroupis (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « achievement »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « achievement » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for achievement
PropertyValue
Headwordachievement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\əˈtʃiːv.mənt\
Letters11
Frequency rank#66,467
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « achievement » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).achievementtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « accroupis » (#66,466), « actionnant » (#66,468), « accroire » (#66,465). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « achievement » est au #66,467. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

achievement is uncommon French at frequency #66,467 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \əˈtʃiːv.mənt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for achievement in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is achievement, spelled A-C-H-I-E-V-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Accomplissement, réalisation.
  2. 2
    Prouesse, haut fait.
  3. 3
    Une récompense pour avoir fini une quête spécifique, ou avoir rempli un certain objectif.
  4. 4
    Écusson ou enseigne d’armoiries, généralement employé maintenant pour le bouclier funéraire (personne morte dans un losange noir pendu sur un mur).

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Finishing the game does not give you a 100% score until you have unlocked all of the achievements.

Synonyms

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 "achievement"?
"achievement" is spelled A-C-H-I-E-V-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \əˈtʃiːv.mənt\.
What does "achievement" mean?
As a noun, "achievement" means: Accomplissement, réalisation.
How do you pronounce "achievement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "achievement" is \əˈtʃiːv.mənt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "achievement" come from?
"achievement" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list