approchée

\a.pʁɔ.ʃe\

/\a.pʁɔ.ʃe\/ adj

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The verdict

“approchée” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,447. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,447
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de approché.

Corpus desk

Index FR-approchee · approchée · French

approchée · rank #28,447 · 12 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,447
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH apporterait

Nearest frequency peer: apporterait (-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 « approchée »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « approchée » 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).

approchée vs approcher
78% similar
approchée vs approches
78% similar
approchée vs approuvée
78% similar

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

Key facts for approchée
PropertyValue
Headwordapprochée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\a.pʁɔ.ʃe\
Letters9
Frequency rank#28,447
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « approchée »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).approchéese 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 « apporterait » (#28,446), « Aron » (#28,448), « apex » (#28,445). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « approchée » est au #28,447. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around approchée (IPA \a.pʁɔ.ʃe\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #28,447 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de approché.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for approchée, with forms such as "apporchée", "apprcohée", and "approcchée". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "approcher", "approches", "approuvée", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is approchée, spelled A-P-P-R-O-C-H-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de approché.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apporchée
  • apprcohée
  • approcchée
  • approchee
  • approcheé
  • approchhée
  • approcéhe
  • approhcée
  • apprrochée
  • aprochée
  • aprpochée
  • paprochée

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

apporchée2apprcohée2approcchée1approchee1approcheé2approchhée1approcéhe2approhcée2
Edit distance from "approchée"

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 "approchée"?
"approchée" is spelled A-P-P-R-O-C-H-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.pʁɔ.ʃe\.
What does "approchée" mean?
As an adjective, "approchée" means: Féminin singulier de approché.
What words are commonly confused with "approchée"?
"approchée" is commonly confused with "approcher", "approches", "approuvée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "approchée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "approchée" is \a.pʁɔ.ʃe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "approchée" come from?
"approchée" 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 "approchée", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

accordait#28,429absorbant#28,428cafetière#28,470étonnants#28,422

Similar misspelling depth

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

bagnoles12 variantsBenedict12 variantséteintes12 variantsédifiant12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list