cachemire

\kaʃ.miʁ\

/\kaʃ.miʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“cachemire” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,657. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,657
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif aux poils de la chèvre du Cachemire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cachemire · cachemire · French

cachemire · rank #20,657 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,657
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH buddy

Nearest frequency peer: buddy (-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 « cachemire »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « cachemire » 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
Key facts for cachemire
PropertyValue
Headwordcachemire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kaʃ.miʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#20,657
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cachemire »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).cachemirese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « buddy » (#20,656), « Bucarest » (#20,655), « Cadillac » (#20,659). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cachemire » est au #20,657. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around cachemire (IPA \kaʃ.miʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #20,657 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Relatif aux poils de la chèvre du Cachemire.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for cachemire, with forms such as "acchemire", "cacchemire", and "cacehmire". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is cachemire, spelled C-A-C-H-E-M-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif aux poils de la chèvre du Cachemire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. a) Chèvre Cachemire. Elle fournit ce qu'on appelle la laine cachemire.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acchemire
  • cacchemire
  • cacehmire
  • cacheimre
  • cachemier
  • cachemirre
  • cachemmire
  • cachemrie
  • cachhemire
  • cachmeire
  • cahcemire
  • ccachemire
  • ccahemire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cachemire - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

acchemire2cacchemire1cacehmire2cacheimre2cachemier2cachemirre1cachemmire1cachemrie2
Edit distance from "cachemire"

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 "cachemire"?
"cachemire" is spelled C-A-C-H-E-M-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kaʃ.miʁ\.
What does "cachemire" mean?
As an adjective, "cachemire" means: Relatif aux poils de la chèvre du Cachemire.
What are common misspellings of "cachemire"?
Common misspellings include "acchemire", "cacchemire", "cacehmire", "cacheimre", "cachemier". The correct spelling is "cachemire".
How do you pronounce "cachemire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cachemire" is \kaʃ.miʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cachemire" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

banderole#20,639convoqués#20,678attestent#20,635corporels#20,679

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

beaujolais13 variantsbarricades13 variantsadmissible13 variantséducateur13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list