accroche

\a.kʁɔʃ\

/\a.kʁɔʃ\/ noun

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The verdict

“accroche” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,187. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,187
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partie d’une annonce publicitaire, généralement le titre, attirant l’attention.

Corpus desk

Index FR-accroche · accroche · French

accroche · rank #8,187 · 10 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,187
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH acceptation

Nearest frequency peer: acceptation (-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 « accroche »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « accroche » 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).

accroche vs approche
75% similar
accroche vs accrocher
89% similar
accroche vs accrochée
89% similar

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

Key facts for accroche
PropertyValue
Headwordaccroche
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.kʁɔʃ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#8,187
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « accroche »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).accrochese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « acceptation » (#8,186), « accrocher » (#8,188), « académique » (#8,185). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « accroche » est au #8,187. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around accroche (IPA \a.kʁɔʃ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,187 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for accroche, with forms such as "accorche", "accrcohe", and "accrocche". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "approche", "accrocher", "accrochée", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is accroche, spelled A-C-C-R-O-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partie d’une annonce publicitaire, généralement le titre, attirant l’attention.
  2. 2
    Séquence ou montage destinés à attirer ou à retenir l’attention du spectateur ou de l’auditeur.
  3. 3
    Fait pour un pneu d’accrocher à la route.
  4. 4
    Fait d’avoir une bonne adhérence, une bonne accroche.
  5. 5
    Résumé très court d’une œuvre, argument, pitch.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je dis « slogans » pour que vous compreniez mais sachez que le mot « slogan » est complètement has-been. Aujourd’hui on dit « accroche » ou « titre ». J’aime bien « accroche », mais « titre » est plus frime.
  2. Niveau 2, alimentaire, il me semble que les panneaux jaunes des prix d’accroche sont de plus en plus aveuglants.

This word in other languages

catchline(English)bordão(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • accorche
  • accrcohe
  • accrocche
  • accroceh
  • accrochhe
  • accrohce
  • accrroche
  • acrcoche
  • acroche
  • cacroche

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of accroche - 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.

accorche2accrcohe2accrocche1accroceh2accrochhe1accrohce2accrroche1acrcoche2
Edit distance from "accroche"

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 "accroche"?
"accroche" is spelled A-C-C-R-O-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.kʁɔʃ\.
What does "accroche" mean?
As a noun, "accroche" means: Partie d’une annonce publicitaire, généralement le titre, attirant l’attention.
What words are commonly confused with "accroche"?
"accroche" is commonly confused with "approche", "accrocher", "accrochée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "accroche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "accroche" is \a.kʁɔʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "accroche" come from?
"accroche" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

acheteur#8,190étranges#8,183armement#8,193Virginie#8,176

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

bannière10 variantsbizarres10 variantstombés10 variantsbordure10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list