acquitte

\a.kit\

/\a.kit\/ verb

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The verdict

“acquitte” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,718. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,718
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe acquitter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-acquitte · acquitte · French

acquitte · rank #42,718 · 9 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #42,718
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH ADF

Nearest frequency peer: ADF (+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 « acquitte »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « acquitte » 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).

acquitte vs acuité
63% similar
acquitte vs acquitter
89% similar
acquitte vs acquittée
89% similar

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

Key facts for acquitte
PropertyValue
Headwordacquitte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.kit\
Letters8
Frequency rank#42,718
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « acquitte »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.acquittese 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 « ADF » (#42,719), « advance » (#42,720), « accordes » (#42,715). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « acquitte » est au #42,718. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around acquitte (IPA \a.kit\), averb. Corpus frequency is #42,718 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for acquitte, with forms such as "accquitte", "acqiutte", and "acqquitte". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "acuité", "acquitter", "acquittée", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is acquitte, spelled A-C-Q-U-I-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe acquitter.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe acquitter.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du subjonctif présent du verbe acquitter.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du subjonctif présent du verbe acquitter.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif du verbe acquitter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Quant au Principal du Collège, au nom prédestiné d’Amédée Gateau, il s’acquitte avec brio, selon Pitt, de ses fonctions ambiguës : Gateau est venu ici, causer avec la fausse bonhomie qui lui est habituelle, risotant, anecdotant.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • accquitte
  • acqiutte
  • acqquitte
  • acquite
  • acquitet
  • acqutite
  • acuqitte
  • aqcuitte
  • caquitte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

accquitte1acqiutte2acqquitte1acquite1acquitet2acqutite2acuqitte2aqcuitte2
Edit distance from "acquitte"

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 "acquitte"?
"acquitte" is spelled A-C-Q-U-I-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.kit\.
What does "acquitte" mean?
As a verb, "acquitte" means: Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe acquitter.
What words are commonly confused with "acquitte"?
"acquitte" is commonly confused with "acuité", "acquitter", "acquittée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "acquitte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "acquitte" is \a.kit\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "acquitte" come from?
"acquitte" 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 "acquitte", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

accordes#42,715abstract#42,712Alistair#42,724éclairci#42,697

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Zürich9 variantszigzag9 variantsVésuve9 variantsvioletta9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list