cachet

Other forms of cachet

plural

cachets·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about cachet

What does cachet mean?

cachet means "an indication of approved or superior status". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in cachet?

cachet has 2 syllables: cac-het. The stress falls on "cac". In IPA it is /ˈkæʃeɪ/.

What is another word for cachet?

Close synonyms include seal, seal of approval, lettre de cachet. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cachet a common word?

cachet is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.