Which to use
“acharne” and “acharner” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,309
- “acharne” frequency rank
- #31,332
- “acharner” frequency rank
- 58641
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | acharne | acharner |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de acharner. | Donner aux chiens, aux oiseaux de proie le goût, l’appétit de la chair. |
Where the eye mixes acharne and acharner
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. acharne runs 7 letters (VCCVCCV) against acharner's 8 (VCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses acharne with acharner
A purely visual mix-up. acharne (\a.ʃaʁn\) and acharner (\a.ʃaʁ.ne\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “acharne” sits inside “acharner”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58641, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
acharne is recorded at frequency rank #27,309, classified as averb, pronounced \a.ʃaʁn\. acharner is at rank #31,332, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.ʃaʁ.ne\.
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 58641, this pair ranks #107,819 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of acharne vs acharner
Shared letters: acehnr. Private to "acharne": -. Private to "acharner": -.
"acharne" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "acharner" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "acharne" for "acharner" ever safe?
Which is more common, "acharne" or "acharner"?
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 "acharne" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "acharner" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #107,819 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "acharne" and "acharner" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acharnent vs acharner". 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 #107,819 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.