racheter

\ʁaʃ.te\

/\ʁaʃ.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“racheter” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,227. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,227
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acheter ce qu’on a vendu ou ce qui a été vendu.

Corpus desk

Index FR-racheter · racheter · French

racheter · rank #7,227 · 12 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,227
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH péter

Nearest frequency peer: péter (-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 « racheter »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « racheter » 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).

racheter vs Richter
63% similar
racheter vs raconter
75% similar
racheter vs rachetés
75% similar

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

Key facts for racheter
PropertyValue
Headwordracheter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁaʃ.te\
Letters8
Frequency rank#7,227
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « racheter »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).racheterse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « péter » (#7,226), « pédagogique » (#7,225), « recruter » (#7,229). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « racheter » est au #7,227. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around racheter (IPA \ʁaʃ.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,227 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for racheter, with forms such as "archeter", "raccheter", and "racehter". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "Richter", "raconter", "rachetés", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is racheter, spelled R-A-C-H-E-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acheter ce qu’on a vendu ou ce qui a été vendu.
  2. 2
    Acheter des choses de même espèce que celles que l’on a vendues, ou qu’on ne possède plus par quelque cause que ce soit.
  3. 3
    Acheter à un autre ce qu'il avait lui-même acheté.
  4. 4
    Se libérer d’une obligation moyennant une certaine somme d’argent.
  5. 5
    Délivrer à prix d’argent un prisonnier.
  6. 6
    Obtenir sa rédemption.
  7. 7
    Compenser ; balancer ; faire pardonner ; faire oublier.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. J’avais vendu mon cheval à un tel, je le lui ai racheté.
  2. Il avait vendu ses tableaux, il en a racheté d’autres.

This word in other languages

ransom(English)redimir(Español)loskaufen(Deutsch)resgatar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • archeter
  • raccheter
  • racehter
  • racheetr
  • racheterr
  • rachetre
  • rachetter
  • rachheter
  • rachteer
  • rahceter
  • rcaheter
  • rracheter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of racheter - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

archeter2raccheter1racehter2racheetr2racheterr1rachetre2rachetter1rachheter1
Edit distance from "racheter"

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 "racheter"?
"racheter" is spelled R-A-C-H-E-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁaʃ.te\.
What does "racheter" mean?
As a verb, "racheter" means: Acheter ce qu’on a vendu ou ce qui a été vendu.
What words are commonly confused with "racheter"?
"racheter" is commonly confused with "Richter", "raconter", "rachetés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "racheter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "racheter" is \ʁaʃ.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "racheter" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "racheter", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list