Which to use
“achard” and “achats” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,980
- “achard” frequency rank
- #4,459
- “achats” frequency rank
- 50439
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | achard | achats |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Confit vinaigré de bambou ou de chou palmiste avec du safran. | Pluriel de achat. |
Where the eye mixes achard and achats
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. achard and achats follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between achard and achats
A purely visual mix-up. achard (\a.ʃaʁ\) and achats (\a.ʃa\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50439, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
achard is recorded at frequency rank #45,980, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.ʃaʁ\. achats is at rank #4,459, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.ʃa\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 50439, this pair ranks #162,630 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of achard vs achats
Shared letters: ach. Private to "achard": dr. Private to "achats": st.
"achard" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC · "achats" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "achard" for "achats" ever safe?
Frequency check: "achard" vs "achats" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "achard" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "achats" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #162,630 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "achard" and "achats" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "achard vs acharne". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #162,630 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.