Which to use
“acheta” and “acheva” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,886
- “acheta” frequency rank
- #37,148
- “acheva” frequency rank
- 68034
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | acheta | acheva |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe acheter. | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe achever. |
Where the eye mixes acheta and acheva
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses acheta with acheva
A purely visual mix-up. acheta (\a.ʃə.ta\) and acheva (\a.ʃə.va\) 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 a single letter - t in “acheta” becomes v in “acheva”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68034, 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\. acheva is at rank #37,148, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.ʃə.va\.
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 68034, this pair ranks #60,887 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of acheta vs acheva
Shared letters: aceh. Private to "acheta": t. Private to "acheva": v.
"acheta" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "acheva" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "acheta" and "acheva" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "acheta" or "acheva" show up more?
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 "acheva" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #60,887 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "acheta" and "acheva" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acheva vs achevant". 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 #60,887 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.