Which to use
“achetais” and “achetées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,624
- “achetais” frequency rank
- #18,635
- “achetées” frequency rank
- 58259
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | achetais | achetées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe acheter. | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe acheter. |
Where the eye mixes achetais and achetées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. achetais and achetées follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: achetais vs achetées
A purely visual mix-up. achetais (\a.ʃə.tɛ\) and achetées (\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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58259, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
achetais is recorded at frequency rank #39,624, classified as averb, pronounced \a.ʃə.tɛ\. achetées is at rank #18,635, 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 58259, this pair ranks #110,101 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of achetais vs achetées
Shared letters: acehst. Private to "achetais": i. Private to "achetées": é.
"achetais" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC · "achetées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- achetais ← acchetais · acehtais · acheatis · achetaiss · achetasi · achetias · achettais · achhetais
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "achetais" and "achetées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "achetais" or "achetées" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "achetais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "achetées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #110,101 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "achetais" and "achetées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "achetais vs achèterais". 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 #110,101 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.