casher

/\ka.ʃɛʁ\/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#36,749

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

casher is anFrenchadj. It means: Dans la religion judaïque, qualifie les viandes abattues selon les rites religieux prescrits. Pronounced \ka.ʃɛʁ\. Often confused with cher and casse.

Key facts for casher
PropertyValue
Headwordcasher
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\ka.ʃɛʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#36,749
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of casher in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for casher is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for casher, with forms such as "acsher", "cahser", and "casehr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cher", "casse", "caste", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is casher, spelled C-A-S-H-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dans la religion judaïque, qualifie les viandes abattues selon les rites religieux prescrits.
  2. 2
    Qualifie toute nourriture conforme aux restrictions diététiques de cette religion.
  3. 3
    Orthodoxe, catholique dans le sens de « régulier ».
  4. 4
    En 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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for casher

Misspelling Variants of "casher"

acsher6cahser6casehr6casherr7cashher7cashre6cassher7ccasher7
Misspelling Variants of "casher"

Frequency rank: #36,749 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "casher"?
"casher" is spelled C-A-S-H-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.ʃɛʁ\.
What does "casher" mean?
As an adj, "casher" means: Dans la religion judaïque, qualifie les viandes abattues selon les rites religieux prescrits.
What words are commonly confused with "casher"?
"casher" is commonly confused with "cher", "casse", "caste". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "casher"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "casher" is \ka.ʃɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "casher" come from?
"casher" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.