achevervsachèveraConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#8,953
“achever” frequency rank
#34,390
“achèvera” frequency rank
43343
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature achever achèvera
Definition Finir une chose commencée. Troisième personne du singulier du futur du verbe achever.

Where the eye mixes achever and achèvera

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. achever runs 7 letters (VCCVCVC) against achèvera's 8 (VCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
achever
8 ch
achèvera

Look-alike desk: achever vs achèvera

A purely visual mix-up. achever (\a.ʃə.ve\) and achèvera (\a.ʃɛ.və.ʁa\) 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 43343, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

achever is recorded at frequency rank #8,953, classified as averb, pronounced \a.ʃə.ve\. achèvera is at rank #34,390, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.ʃɛ.və.ʁa\.

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 43343, this pair ranks #218,793 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of achever vs achèvera

Shared letters: acehrv. Private to "achever": -. Private to "achèvera": è.

"achever" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC  ·  "achèvera" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • achever ← acchever · acehver · acheevr · acheverr · achevre · achevver · achhever · achveer

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "achever" and "achèvera" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\a.ʃə.ve\ versus \a.ʃɛ.və.ʁa\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "achever" or "achèvera"?
"achever" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,953 in our French list, against #34,390 for "achèvera". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "achever" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "achèvera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #218,793 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "achever" and "achèvera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "achètera vs achèvera". 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 #218,793 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