achèteravsachetezConfusable pair

Which to use

“achètera” and “achetez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#39,625
“achètera” frequency rank
#8,803
“achetez” frequency rank
48428
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature achètera achetez
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du futur du verbe acheter. Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe acheter.

Where the eye mixes achètera and achetez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. achètera runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCV) against achetez's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
achètera
7 ch
achetez

Visual trap between achètera and achetez

A purely visual mix-up. achètera (\a.ʃɛ.tə.ʁa\) and achetez (\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 48428, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

achètera is recorded at frequency rank #39,625, classified as averb, pronounced \a.ʃɛ.tə.ʁa\. achetez is at rank #8,803, 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 48428, this pair ranks #179,013 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of achètera vs achetez

Shared letters: aceht. Private to "achètera": rè. Private to "achetez": z.

"achètera" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV  ·  "achetez" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • achetez ← acchetez · acehtez · acheetz · achetezz · achettez · achetze · achhetez · achteez

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "achètera" and "achetez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\a.ʃɛ.tə.ʁa\ versus \a.ʃə.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "achètera" or "achetez" show up more?
"achetez" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,803 in our French list, against #39,625 for "achètera". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "achètera" and "achetez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "achètera" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "achetez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #179,013 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "achètera" and "achetez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "achètera 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 #179,013 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list