cachets

\ka.ʃɛ\

/\ka.ʃɛ\/ noun

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The verdict

“cachets” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,790. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,790
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-cachets · cachets · French

cachets · rank #23,790 · 11 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,790
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH bénisse

Nearest frequency peer: bénisse (-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 « cachets »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « cachets » 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).

cachets vs cadets
71% similar
cachets vs cachez
71% similar
cachets vs cachot
71% similar

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

Key facts for cachets
PropertyValue
Headwordcachets
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.ʃɛ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#23,790
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cachets »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).cachetsse 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 « bénisse » (#23,789), « cadastre » (#23,791), « bâties » (#23,788). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cachets » est au #23,790. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around cachets (IPA \ka.ʃɛ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,790 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de cachet.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for cachets, with forms such as "acchets", "cacchets", and "cacehts". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "cadets", "cachez", "cachot", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is cachets, spelled C-A-C-H-E-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de cachet.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. J’aurais voulu qu’elle vînt m’apporter un thé brûlant et sans sucre, qu’elle posât sur mon front une compresse humide, qu’elle fît dissoudre dans un grand verre cristallin des cachets effervescents.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acchets
  • cacchets
  • cacehts
  • cachest
  • cachetss
  • cachetts
  • cachhets
  • cachtes
  • cahcets
  • ccachets
  • ccahets

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cachets - 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.

acchets2cacchets1cacehts2cachest2cachetss1cachetts1cachhets1cachtes2
Edit distance from "cachets"

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 "cachets"?
"cachets" is spelled C-A-C-H-E-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.ʃɛ\.
What does "cachets" mean?
As a noun, "cachets" means: Pluriel de cachet.
What words are commonly confused with "cachets"?
"cachets" is commonly confused with "cadets", "cachez", "cachot". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cachets"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cachets" is \ka.ʃɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cachets" come from?
"cachets" 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 "cachets", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bénisse#23,789cagoule#23,792blanchi#23,781Bahreïn#23,774

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

colossale11 variantscopilote11 variantscorrompue11 variantscorrosion11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list