sachet

\sa.ʃɛ\

/\sa.ʃɛ\/ noun

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The verdict

“sachet” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,870. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,870
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit sac.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sachet · sachet · French

sachet · rank #18,870 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,870
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH rémunérés

Nearest frequency peer: rémunérés (-2 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 « sachet »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sachet » 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).

sachet vs sacré
50% similar
sachet vs sahel
67% similar
sachet vs séché
50% similar

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

Key facts for sachet
PropertyValue
Headwordsachet
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sa.ʃɛ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#18,870
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sachet »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).sachetse 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 « rémunérés » (#18,868), « Saoudien » (#18,872), « réfléchie » (#18,867). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sachet » est au #18,870. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around sachet (IPA \sa.ʃɛ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,870 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for sachet, with forms such as "aschet", "sacchet", and "saceht". 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, "sacré", "sahel", "séché", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is sachet, spelled S-A-C-H-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petit sac.
  2. 2
    Petit emballage de papier ou de film plastique, plat destiné à de petits objets ou une faible quantité de quelque chose.
  3. 3
    Petit coussin où l’on met des parfums, des senteurs.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Tout le monde se servit, même Tauno, qui se leva laborieusement du canapé et prit toute une poignée de grignoteries dans le sachet d’Irma.
  2. Porter sur soi du camphre dans un sachet.

This word in other languages

packet(English)Beutel(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aschet
  • sacchet
  • saceht
  • sachett
  • sachhet
  • sachte
  • sahcet
  • scahet
  • ssachet

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aschet2sacchet1saceht2sachett1sachhet1sachte2sahcet2scahet2
Edit distance from "sachet"

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 "sachet"?
"sachet" is spelled S-A-C-H-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \sa.ʃɛ\.
What does "sachet" mean?
As a noun, "sachet" means: Petit sac.
What words are commonly confused with "sachet"?
"sachet" is commonly confused with "sacré", "sahel", "séché". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sachet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sachet" is \sa.ʃɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sachet" come from?
"sachet" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

saturé#18,873rejets#18,852tapent#18,889random#18,848

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

renommé9 variantspunaise9 variantsWesley9 variantspiètre9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list