# parched

> English word · Adjective · IPA /pɑɹt͡ʃt/ · frequency rank #33,781

## Definitions
1. Dry.
2. Very thirsty.

## Easily confused with
- **pared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parched-vs-pared)
- **parked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parched-vs-parked)
- **parted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parched-vs-parted)
- **patches** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parched-vs-patches)
- **pitched** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parched-vs-pitched)
- **punched** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parched-vs-punched)
- **perched** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parched-vs-perched)
- **patched** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parched-vs-patched)
- **pinched** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parched-vs-pinched)
- **poached** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parched-vs-poached)
- **psyched** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parched-vs-psyched)
- **paced** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paced-vs-parched)
- **packed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/packed-vs-parched)
- **parcel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parcel-vs-parched)

## Common misspellings (11)
`aprched`, `pacrhed`, `parcched`, `parcehd`, `parchde`, `parchedd`, `parchhed`, `parhced`, `parrched`, `pparched`, `prached`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/parched