acter

\ak.te\

/\ak.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“acter” is uncommon French (frequency #61,276 among 424,905 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,276
frequency rank, French
424,905
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Noter une décision sur un acte, dans un protocole, prendre acte de quelque chose.

Key facts for acter
PropertyValue
Headwordacter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ak.te\
Letters5
Frequency rank#61,276
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “acter” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). acter lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

acter is uncommon French at frequency #61,276 among 424,905 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ak.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for acter in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is acter, spelled A-C-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Noter une décision sur un acte, dans un protocole, prendre acte de quelque chose.
  2. 2
    Décider de façon définitive et consigner par écrit.
  3. 3
    Prendre en compte, constater.
  4. 4
    Jouer un rôle au théâtre ou au cinéma.

This word in other languages

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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 "acter"?
"acter" is spelled A-C-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ak.te\.
What does "acter" mean?
As a verb, "acter" means: Noter une décision sur un acte, dans un protocole, prendre acte de quelque chose.
How do you pronounce "acter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "acter" is \ak.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "acter" come from?
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Using “acter”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is A-C-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ak.te\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list