cachettes
\ka.ʃɛt\
The verdict
“cachettes” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #48,381 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #48,381
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Variété du jeu de cache-cache.
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 | cachettes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.ʃɛt\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #48,381 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cachettes” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for cachettes is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ka.ʃɛt\. Corpus data places it at rank #48,381 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Variété du jeu de cache-cache.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for cachettes, with forms such as "acchettes", "cacchettes", and "cacehttes". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "canettes", "cassettes", "clochettes", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is cachettes, spelled C-A-C-H-E-T-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1Variété du jeu de cache-cache.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: acchettes,cacchettes,cacehttes,cachetes,cachetets,cachettess,cachettse,cachhettes,cachtetes,cahcettes,ccachettes,ccahettes
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cachettes - 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 “cachettes”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-A-C-H-E-T-T-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ka.ʃɛt\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “canettes” - see the side-by-side comparison. cachettes vs canettes
- 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.