achten
\ˈax.tǝn\
The verdict
“achten” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire attention à, veiller sur, prendre garde à (quelqu’un ou quelque chose)
Corpus desk
Index FR-achten · achten · French
achten · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | achten |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈax.tǝn\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
achten is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈax.tǝn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for achten, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 achten, spelled A-C-H-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1Faire attention à, veiller sur, prendre garde à (quelqu’un ou quelque chose)
- 2Respecter, estimer (quelqu’un ou quelque chose).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how achten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Um Unfälle zu vermeiden, muss man insbesondere darauf achten, dass diese Chemikalien nicht verschüttet werden können.
Wer auf einen Trockner nicht verzichten kann, sollte laut Stiftung Warentest darauf achten, die Wäsche vor dem Trocknen immer gut zu schleudern, damit der Trockner weniger „Arbeit“ hat.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.