# perched

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #21,314

## Definitions
1. Situated as if balancing above something.
2. Occurring above the regional water table.

## Easily confused with
- **pitched** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/perched-vs-pitched)
- **punched** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/perched-vs-punched)
- **pierced** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/perched-vs-pierced)
- **pinched** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/perched-vs-pinched)
- **poached** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/perched-vs-poached)
- **psyched** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/perched-vs-psyched)
- **preached** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/perched-vs-preached)
- **perished** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/perched-vs-perished)
- **perch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/perch-vs-perched)
- **patched** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patched-vs-perched)
- **parched** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parched-vs-perched)

## Common misspellings (11)
`eprched`, `pecrhed`, `percched`, `percehd`, `perchde`, `perchedd`, `perchhed`, `perhced`, `perrched`, `pperched`, `preched`

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