attaches

\a.taʃ\

/\a.taʃ\/ noun

The verdict

“attaches” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,122. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,122
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de attache.

Corpus desk

Index FR-attaches · attaches · French

attaches · rank #18,122 · 10 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,122
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH atrocités

Nearest frequency peer: atrocités (-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 « attaches »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « attaches » 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).

attaches vs attaques
75% similar
attaches vs attardés
63% similar
attaches vs attachez
88% similar

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

Key facts for attaches
PropertyValue
Headwordattaches
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.taʃ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#18,122
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « attaches »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).attachesse 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 « atrocités » (#18,121), « attestation » (#18,123), « associent » (#18,120). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « attaches » est au #18,122. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around attaches (IPA \a.taʃ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,122 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de attache.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for attaches, with forms such as "ataches", "atatches", and "attacches". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "attaques", "attardés", "attachez", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 attaches, spelled A-T-T-A-C-H-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de attache.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ataches
  • atatches
  • attacches
  • attacehs
  • attachess
  • attachhes
  • attachse
  • attahces
  • attcahes
  • tataches

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ataches1atatches2attacches1attacehs2attachess1attachhes1attachse2attahces2
Edit distance from "attaches"

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 "attaches"?
"attaches" is spelled A-T-T-A-C-H-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \a.taʃ\.
What does "attaches" mean?
As a noun, "attaches" means: Pluriel de attache.
What words are commonly confused with "attaches"?
"attaches" is commonly confused with "attaques", "attardés", "attachez". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "attaches"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "attaches" is \a.taʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "attaches" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "attaches", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list