accouche

\a.kuʃ\

/\a.kuʃ\/ verb

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The verdict

“accouche” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,308. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,308
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe accoucher.

Corpus desk

Index FR-accouche · accouche · French

accouche · rank #27,308 · 9 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,308
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH acharne

Nearest frequency peer: acharne (+1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « accouche »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « accouche » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

accouche vs accroche
75% similar
accouche vs accoucher
89% similar

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

Key facts for accouche
PropertyValue
Headwordaccouche
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.kuʃ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#27,308
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « accouche »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).accouchese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « acharne » (#27,309), « académicien » (#27,306), « acta » (#27,310). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « accouche » est au #27,308. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around accouche (IPA \a.kuʃ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #27,308 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for accouche, with forms such as "accocuhe", "accoucche", and "accouceh". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "accroche", "accoucher", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is accouche, spelled A-C-C-O-U-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe accoucher.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe accoucher.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du subjonctif présent du verbe accoucher.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du subjonctif présent du verbe accoucher.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif du verbe accoucher.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Depuis que Dominique Befve, ancien directeur technique du château-l’évangile à Pomerol et de lafite-rothschild, a repris les commandes de ce vignoble, chaque année accouche d'une fusée.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • accocuhe
  • accoucche
  • accouceh
  • accouchhe
  • accouhce
  • accuoche
  • acocuche
  • acouche
  • cacouche

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of accouche - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

accocuhe2accoucche1accouceh2accouchhe1accouhce2accuoche2acocuche2acouche1
Edit distance from "accouche"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "accouche"?
"accouche" is spelled A-C-C-O-U-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.kuʃ\.
What does "accouche" mean?
As a verb, "accouche" means: Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe accoucher.
What words are commonly confused with "accouche"?
"accouche" is commonly confused with "accroche", "accoucher". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "accouche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "accouche" is \a.kuʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "accouche" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ambulant#27,314étudiait#27,302épargnée#27,298assiégée#27,322

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

évacuée9 variantsbaisent9 variantsbarbus9 variantsBarney9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list