approche

\a.pʁɔʃ\

/\a.pʁɔʃ\/ noun

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The verdict

“approche” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,385. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,385
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de s’approcher.

Corpus desk

Index FR-approche · approche · French

approche · rank #1,385 · 10 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,385
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH actuel

Nearest frequency peer: actuel (-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 « approche »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « approche » 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).

approche vs approuvé
63% similar
approche vs approcher
89% similar
approche vs approches
89% similar

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

Key facts for approche
PropertyValue
Headwordapproche
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.pʁɔʃ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#1,385
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « approche »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « actuel » (#1,384), « candidat » (#1,386), « vin » (#1,383). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « approche » est au #1,385. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around approche (IPA \a.pʁɔʃ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,385 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for approche, with forms such as "apporche", "apprcohe", and "approcche". 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, "approuvé", "approcher", "approches", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is approche, spelled A-P-P-R-O-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de s’approcher.
  2. 2
    L’abord, l’accès d’une place, d’un camp, etc.
  3. 3
    Action d’approcher une chose d’une autre.
  4. 4
    Distance, du blanc qui se trouve sur chaque côté d’une lettre ou de l’œil d’un caractère, créant l’interlettrage, l’espace entre les œils de caractères, lorsqu’ils sont mis les uns à côté des autres.
  5. 5
    Interlettrage.
  6. 6
    Réunion fautive de deux mots qui devraient être séparés ; séparation de deux syllabes, de deux lettres qui devraient se toucher.
  7. 7
    Méthode ou démarche méthodologique pour parvenir à un but.
  8. 8
    Ardoise taillée en biais pour être utilisée le long d'un arêtier ou d'une noue.
  9. 9
    Voisinage, abords immédiats
  10. 10
    Travaux que l’on conduit jusqu’au corps de la place qu’on assiège.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Leurs vedettes ne tardèrent point à signaler l’approche de nos Révérends Pères escortés de soldats lorrains.
  2. J’appris qu’il était d’autres joies que celles d’épier sous un arbre l’approche d’un ramier ou de placer le soir sur un passage dans les taillis d’invisibles lacets.

Synonyms

abordageméthodepréparation

This word in other languages

approach(English)Ansatz(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apporche
  • apprcohe
  • approcche
  • approceh
  • approchhe
  • approhce
  • apprroche
  • aproche
  • aprpoche
  • paproche

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

apporche2apprcohe2approcche1approceh2approchhe1approhce2apprroche1aproche1
Edit distance from "approche"

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 "approche"?
"approche" is spelled A-P-P-R-O-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.pʁɔʃ\.
What does "approche" mean?
As a noun, "approche" means: Action de s’approcher.
What words are commonly confused with "approche"?
"approche" is commonly confused with "approuvé", "approcher", "approches". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "approche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "approche" is \a.pʁɔʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "approche" come from?
"approche" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

candidat#1,386capitale#1,388victimes#1,382européen#1,391

Similar misspelling depth

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

Nicolas10 variantsaccident10 variantssources10 variantsHollande10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list