vachette
\va.ʃɛt\
The verdict
“vachette” is uncommon French (frequency #78,030 among 148,117 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,030
- frequency rank, French
- 148,117
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Petite vache ; jeune vache.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vachette |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \va.ʃɛt\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #78,030 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vachette” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
vachette is uncommon French at frequency #78,030 among 148,117 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \va.ʃɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
vachette doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is vachette, spelled V-A-C-H-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Petite vache ; jeune vache.
- 2Ce même animal utilisé dans une sorte de corrida.
- 3Cuir léger de jeune bovin.
- 4Nom vernaculaire du champignon nommé bolet granulé.
- 5Nom vernaculaire du champignon nommé lactaire à lait abondant.
- 6Nom vernaculaire du champignon nommé lactaire orangé.
- 7Colchique.
This word in other languages
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 “vachette”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is V-A-C-H-E-T-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \va.ʃɛt\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.