Which to use
“acheta” and “achetée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,886
- “acheta” frequency rank
- #11,163
- “achetée” frequency rank
- 42049
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | acheta | achetée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe acheter. | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe acheter. |
Where the eye mixes acheta and achetée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: acheta vs achetée
A purely visual mix-up. acheta (\a.ʃə.ta\) and achetée (\a.ʃə.te\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42049, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
acheta is recorded at frequency rank #30,886, classified as averb, pronounced \a.ʃə.ta\. achetée is at rank #11,163, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.ʃə.te\.
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 42049, this pair ranks #228,594 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of acheta vs achetée
Shared letters: aceht. Private to "acheta": -. Private to "achetée": é.
"acheta" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "achetée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- acheta ← accheta · acehta · acheat · achetta · achheta · achtea · ahceta · caheta
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "acheta" and "achetée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "acheta" vs "achetée" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "acheta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "achetée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #228,594 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "acheta" and "achetée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acheta vs Athena". 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 #228,594 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.