acquérir

\a.ke.ʁiʁ\

/\a.ke.ʁiʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“acquérir” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,906. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,906
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Devenir possesseur par le travail, par l’achat, par l’échange, par contrat ou alors par donation, par succession ; particulièrement en parlant d’immeubles et d’autres choses qui procurent des profi...

Corpus desk

Index FR-acquerir · acquérir · French

acquérir · rank #4,906 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,906
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH aperçu

Nearest frequency peer: aperçu (+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 “acquérir”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “acquérir” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

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).

acquérir vs acquéreur
78% similar

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

Key facts for acquérir
PropertyValue
Headwordacquérir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.ke.ʁiʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#4,906
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “acquérir” se place dans la fréquence du français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.acquérirse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « aperçu » (#4,907), « accordé » (#4,904), « assistant » (#4,908). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around acquérir (IPA \a.ke.ʁiʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,906 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for acquérir, with forms such as "accquérir", "acqquérir", and "acquerir". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "acquéreur", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is acquérir, spelled A-C-Q-U-É-R-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Devenir possesseur par le travail, par l’achat, par l’échange, par contrat ou alors par donation, par succession ; particulièrement en parlant d’immeubles et d’autres choses qui procurent des profits ou des avantages d’une certaine durée.
  2. 2
    Réussir à obtenir un savoir, un savoir-faire ou un savoir-être.
  3. 3
    Prendre position pour une idée, une idéologie.
  4. 4
    Accumuler, recevoir en parlant de toutes les choses qui peuvent être mises au nombre des biens et des avantages réels.
  5. 5
    Obtenir.
  6. 6
    Gagner ; s’améliorer.
  7. 7
    Verrouiller sur une cible les instruments de guidage qui permettent la poursuite continuelle de celle-ci.
  8. 8
    Obtenir de soi-même.
  9. 9
    Appartenir incontestablement à une personne ; ne pouvoir lui être disputé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il existe plusieurs modes d’acquérir.
  2. Une campagne de crowdfunding a d’ailleurs été lancée. Le but est de réunir la maximum de dons pour aider les clubs de sauvetage côtier de Nouvelle-Aquitaine à acquérir du matériel et développer la formation des jeunes MNS.

This word in other languages

acquire(English)adquirir(Español)kaufen(Deutsch)comprar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • accquérir
  • acqquérir
  • acquerir
  • acquréir
  • acquéirr
  • acquérirr
  • acquérri
  • acquérrir
  • acqéurir
  • acuqérir
  • aqcuérir
  • caquérir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of acquérir - 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.

accquérir1acqquérir1acquerir1acquréir2acquéirr2acquérirr1acquérri2acquérrir1
Edit distance from "acquérir"

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 "acquérir"?
"acquérir" is spelled A-C-Q-U-É-R-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ke.ʁiʁ\.
What does "acquérir" mean?
As a verb, "acquérir" means: Devenir possesseur par le travail, par l’achat, par l’échange, par contrat ou alors par donation, par succession ; particulièrement en parlant d’immeubles et d’autres choses qui procurent des profi...
What words are commonly confused with "acquérir"?
"acquérir" is commonly confused with "acquéreur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "acquérir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "acquérir" is \a.ke.ʁiʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "acquérir" come from?
"acquérir" 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 "acquérir", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

autonome#4,909versions#4,902brillant#4,912tournant#4,899

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

assistant12 variantssurvivre12 variantscommander12 variantspompiers12 variants

What to do next

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  • This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "acquéreur". View pair
  • 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
  • Usage frequency rank #4,906 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list