acte

\akt\

/\akt\/ noun

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The verdict

“acte” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,353. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,353
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Résultat d’une action, opération accomplie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-acte · acte · French

acte · rank #1,353 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,353
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH vent

Nearest frequency peer: vent (-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 « acte »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « acte » 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).

acte vs at
50% similar
acte vs ae
50% similar
acte vs Art
25% similar

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

Key facts for acte
PropertyValue
Headwordacte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\akt\
Letters4
Frequency rank#1,353
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « acte »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).actese 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 « vent » (#1,352), « bouche » (#1,354), « U » (#1,351). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « acte » est au #1,353. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around acte (IPA \akt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,353 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for acte, with forms such as "accte", "acet", and "actte". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "at", "ae", "Art", and more, 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is acte, spelled A-C-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Résultat d’une action, opération accomplie.
  2. 2
    Capacité d’agir.
  3. 3
    Action, ce qu’on fait ou ce qu’on peut faire.
  4. 4
    Écrit produisant des effets de droit.
  5. 5
    Déclaration faite devant un tribunal, et dont on a constaté l’existence.
  6. 6
    Décision de l’autorité publique.
  7. 7
    Recueils où sont réunies les décisions de l’autorité.
  8. 8
    Recueils de la vie, des faits d’un groupe, d’un peuple.
  9. 9
    Journal ou mémoire fait par une société de savants ou d’hommes de lettres, ou à l’occasion d’un congrès.
  10. 10
    Dans les anciennes universités, dispute publique où l’on soutenait des thèses.
  11. 11
    Chacune des parties principales dont une pièce de théâtre est composée et entre lesquelles il y a un intervalle appelé entracte.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je ne me laisse pas éblouir par les bobards : je suis pour les actes, moi, mon cher monsieur.
  2. La création du monde est un acte de la puissance de Dieu.

This word in other languages

act(English)acto(Español)Handlung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • accte
  • acet
  • actte
  • atce
  • cate

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

accte1acet2actte1atce2cate2
Edit distance from "acte"

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 "acte"?
"acte" is spelled A-C-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \akt\.
What does "acte" mean?
As a noun, "acte" means: Résultat d’une action, opération accomplie.
What words are commonly confused with "acte"?
"acte" is commonly confused with "at", "ae", "Art". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "acte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "acte" is \akt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "acte" come from?
"acte" 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 "acte", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

vent#1,352mari#1,335rire#1,375sœur#1,380

Similar misspelling depth

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

Noël5 variantsvenu5 variantslois5 variantsfasse5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list