cachet
\ka.ʃɛ\
The verdict
“cachet” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #13,128 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #13,128
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Petit objet gravé avec lequel on marque une empreinte, par exemple pour fermer une lettre, ou pour laisser une marque distinctive qui garantit l’authenticité du document, ou pour donner un renseign...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cachet |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.ʃɛ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #13,128 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cachet” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for cachet is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ka.ʃɛ\. Corpus data places it at rank #13,128 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for cachet, with forms such as "acchet", "cacchet", and "caceht". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cadet", "coche", "Canet", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is cachet, spelled C-A-C-H-E-T.
Definition
- 1Petit objet gravé avec lequel on marque une empreinte, par exemple pour fermer une lettre, ou pour laisser une marque distinctive qui garantit l’authenticité du document, ou pour donner un renseignement, etc.
- 2Cette empreinte même.
- 3Empreinte faite par le tampon de la poste.
- 4Cartes sur lesquelles on met un cachet ou une marque et qui, dans un abonnement, servent à tenir compte du nombre de fois qu’une personne a fait quelque chose.
- 5Rétribution d’un artiste par représentation, par concert.
- 6Caractère particulier, distinctif d’un auteur, d’un artiste, etc.
- 7Capsule renfermant une dose de poudre médicamenteuse, anciennement composée de deux cupules de pain azyme soudées par humidification.
- 8Comprimé, capsule dont la forme rappelle celle d’un médicament.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: acchet,cacchet,caceht,cachett,cachhet,cachte,cahcet,ccachet,ccahet
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cachet - 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.
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.
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Using “cachet”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-A-C-H-E-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ka.ʃɛ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “cadet” - see the side-by-side comparison. cachet vs cadet
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.