accrocher

\a.kʁɔ.ʃe\

/\a.kʁɔ.ʃe\/ verb

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The verdict

“accrocher” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,188. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,188
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Attacher, suspendre à un crochet, à un clou, à un portemanteau, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-accrocher · accrocher · French

accrocher · rank #8,188 · 12 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,188
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH accroche

Nearest frequency peer: accroche (-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 « accrocher »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « accrocher » 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).

accrocher vs approcher
78% similar
accrocher vs accrochez
89% similar
accrocher vs accroches
89% similar

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

Key facts for accrocher
PropertyValue
Headwordaccrocher
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.kʁɔ.ʃe\
Letters9
Frequency rank#8,188
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « accrocher »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.accrocherse 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 « accroche » (#8,187), « acceptation » (#8,186), « acheteur » (#8,190). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « accrocher » est au #8,188. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around accrocher (IPA \a.kʁɔ.ʃe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #8,188 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for accrocher, with forms such as "accorcher", "accrcoher", and "accroccher". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "approcher", "accrochez", "accroches", 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 explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is accrocher, spelled A-C-C-R-O-C-H-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Attacher, suspendre à un crochet, à un clou, à un portemanteau, etc.
  2. 2
    Arrêter, retenir par quelque chose de crochu ou de pointu.
  3. 3
    Jeter des grappins et des crocs d’un vaisseau à un autre pour venir à l’abordage.
  4. 4
    Heurter ou arrêter une voiture en passant trop près avec une autre.
  5. 5
    Retarder ; arrêter.
  6. 6
    Attirer à soi ; gagner ou obtenir quelque chose.
  7. 7
    Coller au fond d’un récipient pendant la cuisson, attacher, en parlant d’aliments.
  8. 8
    Arrêter ou aborder quelqu’un.
  9. 9
    Mitrailler ou bombarder une cible.
  10. 10
    Mettre au mont-de-piété ; mettre au clou.
  11. 11
    Consigner un soldat.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Tous les boulangers avaient aussi confectionné des bonshommes en pain d’épice représentant le prince Fridolin. Dans beaucoup de familles, au lieu de le manger, on l’accrochait au mur, au-dessous de la glace.
  2. Tous les bras disponibles travaillaient à la confection d’un mât, auquel les électriciens du Vaterland accrocheraient les longues antennes de l’appareil de télégraphie sans fil […].

This word in other languages

hang(English)colgar(Español)aufhängen(Deutsch)pendurar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • accorcher
  • accrcoher
  • accroccher
  • accrocehr
  • accrocherr
  • accrochher
  • accrochre
  • accrohcer
  • accrrocher
  • acrcocher
  • acrocher
  • cacrocher

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of accrocher - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

accorcher2accrcoher2accroccher1accrocehr2accrocherr1accrochher1accrochre2accrohcer2
Edit distance from "accrocher"

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 "accrocher"?
"accrocher" is spelled A-C-C-R-O-C-H-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.kʁɔ.ʃe\.
What does "accrocher" mean?
As a verb, "accrocher" means: Attacher, suspendre à un crochet, à un clou, à un portemanteau, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "accrocher"?
"accrocher" is commonly confused with "approcher", "accrochez", "accroches". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "accrocher"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "accrocher" is \a.kʁɔ.ʃe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "accrocher" come from?
"accrocher" 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 "accrocher", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list