preach
/pɹiːt͡ʃ/
"preach" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“preach” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #11,441. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,441
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To give a sermon.
Corpus desk
Index EN-preach · preach · English
preach · rank #11,441 · 9 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,441
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH poetic
Nearest frequency peer: poetic (-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 “preach”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- plaque
plaque
88,564 corpus weight
- Plymouth
Plymouth
88,562 corpus weight
- poetic
poetic
88,561 corpus weight
- preach
preach
88,560 corpus weight
- preaching
preaching
88,559 corpus weight
- princes
princes
88,558 corpus weight
What this shows “preach” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | preach |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /pɹiːt͡ʃ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #11,441 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “preach”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around preach (IPA /pɹiːt͡ʃ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #11,441 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for preach, with forms such as "perach", "ppreach", and "praech". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "preface", "preacher", "preached", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English prechen, from Old French prëechier, precchier (Modern French prêcher), from Latin praedicō (“to proclaim, announce”, literally “to fore-assign, pre-dedicate”). Doublet of predicate. The Latin word is also the source of Old English predic… The correct English form is preach, spelled P-R-E-A-C-H.
Definition
- 1To give a sermon.
- 2To proclaim by public discourse; to utter in a sermon or a formal religious harangue.
- 3To advise or recommend earnestly.
- 4To teach or instruct by preaching; to inform by preaching.
- 5To give advice in an offensive or obtrusive manner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how preach appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Our pastor can preach very well.
One saint’s day in mid-term a certain newly-appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.” He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily…
Etymology
From Middle English prechen, from Old French prëechier, precchier (Modern French prêcher), from Latin praedicō (“to proclaim, announce”, literally “to fore-assign, pre-dedicate”). Doublet of predicate. The Latin word is also the source of Old English predician (“to preach”), Saterland Frisian preetje (“to preach”), West Frisian preekje (“to preach”), Dutch preken (“to preach”), German Low German preken (“to preach”), German predigen (“to preach”), Danish prædike (“to preach”), Swedish predika (“to preach”), Icelandic prédika (“to preach”), Norwegian Nynorsk preika (“to preach”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- perach
- ppreach
- praech
- preacch
- preachh
- preahc
- precah
- prreach
- rpeach
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of preach - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "preach"?
What does "preach" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "preach"?
How do you pronounce "preach"?
What is the origin of the word "preach"?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "preach", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).