casher
\ka.ʃɛʁ\
The verdict
“casher” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #36,749 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #36,749
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dans la religion judaïque, qualifie les viandes abattues selon les rites religieux prescrits.
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 | casher |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ka.ʃɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #36,749 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “casher” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for casher is 6 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ka.ʃɛʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #36,749 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 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 casher, with forms such as "acsher", "cahser", and "casehr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cher", "casse", "caste", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is casher, spelled C-A-S-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1Dans la religion judaïque, qualifie les viandes abattues selon les rites religieux prescrits.
- 2Qualifie toute nourriture conforme aux restrictions diététiques de cette religion.
- 3Orthodoxe, catholique dans le sens de « régulier ».
- 4En Algérie, le terme désigne une forme de saucisson halal souvent vendu en tranches de couleur rouge préparé avec de la viande et des olives, de la même façon que le saucisson casher autrefois consommé par les juifs.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: acsher,cahser,casehr,casherr,cashher,cashre,cassher,ccasher,csaher
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of casher - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “casher”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-A-S-H-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ka.ʃɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “cher” - see the side-by-side comparison. casher vs cher
- 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.