Which to use
“achetées” is a verb and “acheteurs” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,635
- “achetées” frequency rank
- #9,423
- “acheteurs” frequency rank
- 28058
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | achetées | acheteurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe acheter. | Pluriel de acheteur. |
Where the eye mixes achetées and acheteurs
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. achetées runs 8 letters (VCCVCVVC) against acheteurs's 9 (VCCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: achetées vs acheteurs
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: achetées is \a.ʃə.te\ while acheteurs is \aʃ.tœʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28058, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
achetées is recorded at frequency rank #18,635, classified as averb, pronounced \a.ʃə.te\. acheteurs is at rank #9,423, tagged as anoun, pronounced \aʃ.tœʁ\.
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 28058, this pair ranks #325,167 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of achetées vs acheteurs
Shared letters: acehst. Private to "achetées": é. Private to "acheteurs": ru.
"achetées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC · "acheteurs" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- acheteurs ← accheteurs · acehteurs · acheeturs · acheterus · acheteurrs · acheteurss · acheteusr · achetteurs
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "achetées" and "acheteurs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "achetées" or "acheteurs"?
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 "achetées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "acheteurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #325,167 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "achetées" and "acheteurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "achetées vs achetons". 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 #325,167 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.