acquis

\a.ki\

/\a.ki\/ adj

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The verdict

“acquis” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,605. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,605
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est obtenu, sans que cela ait été auparavant déjà possédé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-acquis · acquis · French

acquis · rank #2,605 · 8 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,605
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH évident

Nearest frequency peer: évident (-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 « acquis »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « acquis » 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).

acquis vs Aquin
50% similar
acquis vs actus
67% similar
acquis vs appuis
67% similar

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

Key facts for acquis
PropertyValue
Headwordacquis
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\a.ki\
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,605
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « acquis »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).acquisse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « évident » (#2,604), « actif » (#2,606), « vivent » (#2,603). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « acquis » est au #2,605. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around acquis (IPA \a.ki\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,605 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for acquis, with forms such as "accquis", "acqius", and "acqquis". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Aquin", "actus", "appuis", and more, 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 to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is acquis, spelled A-C-Q-U-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est obtenu, sans que cela ait été auparavant déjà possédé.
  2. 2
    Définitif, incontestable.
  3. 3
    Qualifie des semis, une fructification ou une régénération suffisante pour couper les semenciers qui les ont générés.
  4. 4
    Survenant après la fécondation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il faut bien distinguer les défenses innées des défenses acquises.
  2. C’est une chose acquise, nous n’y reviendrons plus.

Antonyms

congénitalinné

This word in other languages

acquired(English)adquirido(Español)adquirido(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • accquis
  • acqius
  • acqquis
  • acquiss
  • acqusi
  • acuqis
  • aqcuis
  • caquis

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of acquis - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

accquis1acqius2acqquis1acquiss1acqusi2acuqis2aqcuis2caquis2
Edit distance from "acquis"

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 "acquis"?
"acquis" is spelled A-C-Q-U-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ki\.
What does "acquis" mean?
As an adjective, "acquis" means: Qui est obtenu, sans que cela ait été auparavant déjà possédé.
What words are commonly confused with "acquis"?
"acquis" is commonly confused with "Aquin", "actus", "appuis". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "acquis"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "acquis" is \a.ki\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "acquis" come from?
"acquis" 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 "acquis", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

allais#2,607vivent#2,603touché#2,601régler#2,595

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Grèce8 variantsimmense8 variantsinvite8 variantsimpose8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list