Which to use
“achetée” and “achever” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,163
- “achetée” frequency rank
- #8,953
- “achever” frequency rank
- 20116
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | achetée | achever |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe acheter. | Finir une chose commencée. |
Where the eye mixes achetée and achever
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. achetée (VCCVCVV) and achever (VCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: achetée vs achever
A purely visual mix-up. achetée (\a.ʃə.te\) and achever (\a.ʃə.ve\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20116, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
achetée is recorded at frequency rank #11,163, classified as averb, pronounced \a.ʃə.te\. achever is at rank #8,953, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.ʃə.ve\.
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 20116, this pair ranks #369,884 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of achetée vs achever
Shared letters: aceh. Private to "achetée": té. Private to "achever": rv.
"achetée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "achever" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- achever ← acchever · acehver · acheevr · acheverr · achevre · achevver · achhever · achveer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "achetée" for "achever" ever safe?
Frequency check: "achetée" vs "achever" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "achetée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "achever" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #369,884 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "achetée" and "achever" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "achetée vs actée". 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 #369,884 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.