acne

\ˈak.ne\

/\ˈak.ne\/ noun

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The verdict

“acne” is uncommon French (frequency #78,098 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,098
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-acne · acne · French

acne · rank #78,098 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,098
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH Achères

Nearest frequency peer: Achères (-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 « acne »

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 « acne » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for acne
PropertyValue
Headwordacne
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈak.ne\
Letters4
Frequency rank#78,098
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « acne » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).acnetombe 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: « Achères » (#78,097), « acqua » (#78,099), « accostent » (#78,096). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « acne » est au #78,098. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

acne is uncommon French at frequency #78,098 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈak.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Acné.".

No misspelling variants are generated for acne in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is acne, spelled A-C-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acné.

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 "acne"?
"acne" is spelled A-C-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈak.ne\.
What does "acne" mean?
As a noun, "acne" means: Acné.
How do you pronounce "acne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "acne" is \ˈak.ne\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "acne" come from?
"acne" 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 "acne", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

abid#78,093zwei#78,071yana#78,063ASIC#78,138

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list