acquitter

\a.ki.te\

/\a.ki.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“acquitter” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,077. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,077
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rendre quitte, libérer des dettes. Se dit en parlant des personnes et des choses.

Corpus desk

Index FR-acquitter · acquitter · French

acquitter · rank #15,077 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,077
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH abolir

Nearest frequency peer: abolir (-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 « acquitter »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « acquitter » 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).

acquitter vs acquitte
89% similar
acquitter vs acquittée
78% similar

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

Key facts for acquitter
PropertyValue
Headwordacquitter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.ki.te\
Letters9
Frequency rank#15,077
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « acquitter »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.acquitterse 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 « abolir » (#15,076), « admirable » (#15,078), « adultère » (#15,079). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « acquitter » est au #15,077. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around acquitter (IPA \a.ki.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #15,077 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for acquitter, with forms such as "accquitter", "acqiutter", and "acqquitter". 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, "acquitte", "acquittée", 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 acquitter, spelled A-C-Q-U-I-T-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rendre quitte, libérer des dettes. Se dit en parlant des personnes et des choses.
  2. 2
    Payer.
  3. 3
    Renvoyer absous d’une accusation.
  4. 4
    Confirmer la prise en compte d’un message à un programme.
  5. 5
    Satisfaire à une obligation, la remplir.
  6. 6
    Également, en termes de jeu, regagner ce qu’on a perdu et rester quitte à quitte.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il les acquitta de ce qu’ils lui devaient.
  2. J’ai acquitté entièrement cette propriété.

This word in other languages

acquit(English)absolver(Español)freisprechen(Deutsch)absolver(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • accquitter
  • acqiutter
  • acqquitter
  • acquiter
  • acquitetr
  • acquitterr
  • acquittre
  • acqutiter
  • acuqitter
  • aqcuitter
  • caquitter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

accquitter1acqiutter2acqquitter1acquiter1acquitetr2acquitterr1acquittre2acqutiter2
Edit distance from "acquitter"

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 "acquitter"?
"acquitter" is spelled A-C-Q-U-I-T-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ki.te\.
What does "acquitter" mean?
As a verb, "acquitter" means: Rendre quitte, libérer des dettes. Se dit en parlant des personnes et des choses.
What words are commonly confused with "acquitter"?
"acquitter" is commonly confused with "acquitte", "acquittée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "acquitter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "acquitter" is \a.ki.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "acquitter" come from?
"acquitter" 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 "acquitter", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

admirable#15,078écouteurs#15,069Angoulême#15,086armistice#15,090

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

équateur11 variantscasserole11 variantstenants11 variantsstatique11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list