Which to use
“attacher” is a verb and “attaches” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,927
- “attacher” frequency rank
- #18,122
- “attaches” frequency rank
- 25049
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | attacher | attaches |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Fixer une chose ou une personne à une autre, en sorte qu’elle y tienne. | Pluriel de attache. |
Where the eye mixes attacher and attaches
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. attacher and attaches follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: attacher vs attaches
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: attacher is \a.ta.ʃe\ while attaches is \a.taʃ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - r in “attacher” becomes s in “attaches”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25049, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
attacher is recorded at frequency rank #6,927, classified as averb, pronounced \a.ta.ʃe\. attaches is at rank #18,122, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.taʃ\.
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 25049, this pair ranks #343,083 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of attacher vs attaches
Shared letters: aceht. Private to "attacher": r. Private to "attaches": s.
"attacher" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "attaches" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "attacher" for "attaches" ever safe?
Which is more common, "attacher" or "attaches"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "attacher" and "attaches" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "attacher" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "attaches" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #343,083 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "attacher" and "attaches" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apaches vs attaches". 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 #343,083 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.