sachesvssacochesConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#18,058
“saches” frequency rank
#49,347
“sacoches” frequency rank
67405
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature saches sacoches
Definition Pluriel de sache. Pluriel de sacoche.

Where the eye mixes saches and sacoches

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

6 ch
saches
8 ch
sacoches

Look-alike desk: saches vs sacoches

A purely visual mix-up. saches (\saʃ\) and sacoches (\sa.kɔʃ\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67405, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

saches is recorded at frequency rank #18,058, classified as anoun, pronounced \saʃ\. sacoches is at rank #49,347, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sa.kɔʃ\.

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 67405, this pair ranks #63,573 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of saches vs sacoches

Shared letters: acehs. Private to "saches": -. Private to "sacoches": o.

"saches" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "sacoches" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • saches ← asches · sacches · sacehs · sachess · sachhes · sachse · sahces · scahes
  • sacoches ← ascoches · saccoches · saccohes · sacocches · sacocehs · sacochess · sacochhes · sacochse

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "saches" and "sacoches" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\saʃ\ versus \sa.kɔʃ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "saches" or "sacoches"?
"saches" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,058 in our French list, against #49,347 for "sacoches". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "saches" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sacoches" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #63,573 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "saches" and "sacoches" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sacoche vs sacoches". 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 #63,573 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