acquéreur

\a.ke.ʁœʁ\

/\a.ke.ʁœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“acquéreur” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,403. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,403
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui acquiert. Se dit surtout de celui qui acquiert des biens immobiliers.

Corpus desk

Index FR-acquereur · acquéreur · French

acquéreur · rank #14,403 · 13 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,403
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH abrutis

Nearest frequency peer: abrutis (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « acquéreur »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « acquéreur » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

acquéreur vs acquérir
78% similar
acquéreur vs acquéreurs
90% similar

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

Key facts for acquéreur
PropertyValue
Headwordacquéreur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.ke.ʁœʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#14,403
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « acquéreur »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).acquéreurse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « abrutis » (#14,402), « adepte » (#14,404), « abordable » (#14,401). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « acquéreur » est au #14,403. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around acquéreur (IPA \a.ke.ʁœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,403 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Celui qui acquiert. Se dit surtout de celui qui acquiert des biens immobiliers.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for acquéreur, with forms such as "accquéreur", "acqquéreur", and "acquereur". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "acquérir", "acquéreurs", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is acquéreur, spelled A-C-Q-U-É-R-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celui qui acquiert. Se dit surtout de celui qui acquiert des biens immobiliers.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On craignait que les émigrés enhardis n’exerçassent tous des violences sur les acquéreurs de leurs biens, pour en préparer la restitution en protestant ainsi contre un injuste dépouillement.
  2. Les restrictions convenues entre les parties dans le cadre de la cession d'une entreprise peuvent être en faveur de l'acquéreur ou du vendeur.

This word in other languages

acquirer(English)adquirente(Español)Käufer(Deutsch)adquirente(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • accquéreur
  • acqquéreur
  • acquereur
  • acquréeur
  • acquéerur
  • acquéreru
  • acquéreurr
  • acquérreur
  • acquéruer
  • acqéureur
  • acuqéreur
  • aqcuéreur
  • caquéreur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

accquéreur1acqquéreur1acquereur1acquréeur2acquéerur2acquéreru2acquéreurr1acquérreur1
Edit distance from "acquéreur"

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 "acquéreur"?
"acquéreur" is spelled A-C-Q-U-É-R-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ke.ʁœʁ\.
What does "acquéreur" mean?
As a noun, "acquéreur" means: Celui qui acquiert. Se dit surtout de celui qui acquiert des biens immobiliers.
What words are commonly confused with "acquéreur"?
"acquéreur" is commonly confused with "acquérir", "acquéreurs". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "acquéreur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "acquéreur" is \a.ke.ʁœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "acquéreur" come from?
"acquéreur" 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 "acquéreur", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

abordable#14,401affluence#14,406angélique#14,411vaguement#14,382

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

clarifier13 variantscorporelle13 variantssuggèrent13 variantscylindre13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list