parched

/pɑɹt͡ʃt/

//pɑɹt͡ʃt// adj

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"parched" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“parched” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #33,781. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,781
frequency rank, English
4,417
“P” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dry.

Corpus desk

Index EN-parched · parched · English

parched · rank #33,781 · 11 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,781
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,417
  • PHOTO-FINISH passageway

Nearest frequency peer: passageway (+1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “parched”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “parched” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

parched vs pared
71% similar
parched vs parked
71% similar
parched vs parted
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for parched
PropertyValue
Headwordparched
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/pɑɹt͡ʃt/
Letters7
Frequency rank#33,781
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “parched”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).parchedlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “passageway” (#33,782), “paradoxical” (#33,779), “pasty” (#33,783). Among 4,417 “P” headwords, “parched” is #33,781. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around parched (IPA /pɑɹt͡ʃt/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #33,781 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for parched, with forms such as "aprched", "pacrhed", and "parcched". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "pared", "parked", "parted", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is parched, spelled P-A-R-C-H-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dry.
  2. 2
    Very thirsty.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how parched appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. In the morning I went to the court; my lips and throat were parched. I dared not ask the fatal question, but I was known, and the officer guessed the cause of my visit.
  2. Played acoustically, glacially paced and sung in Kristofferson’s parched, age-weathered voice, even his more lighthearted songs – Jesus Was a Capricorn, Best Of All Possible Worlds – were leant an eerie gravitas, while Me and Bobby McGee and Sunday Morning Coming Down sounded heartbreakingly careworn and poignant.

This word in other languages

reseco(Español)sec(Français)ausgedörrt(Deutsch)ressequido(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aprched
  • pacrhed
  • parcched
  • parcehd
  • parchde
  • parchedd
  • parchhed
  • parhced
  • parrched
  • pparched
  • prached

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of parched - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

aprched2pacrhed2parcched1parcehd2parchde2parchedd1parchhed1parhced2
Edit distance from "parched"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "parched"?
"parched" is spelled P-A-R-C-H-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is /pɑɹt͡ʃt/.
What does "parched" mean?
As an adjective, "parched" means: Dry.
What words are commonly confused with "parched"?
"parched" is commonly confused with "pared", "parked", "parted". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "parched"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "parched" is /pɑɹt͡ʃt/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "parched" come from?
"parched" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "parched", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Overton#33,776pecking#33,787pertain#33,788oppress#33,772

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

primacy11 variantsrectory11 variantsMonterrey11 variantsreprieve11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list