approchent

\a.pʁɔʃ\

/\a.pʁɔʃ\/ verb

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The verdict

“approchent” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,065. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,065
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-approchent · approchent · French

approchent · rank #16,065 · 14 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,065
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH apportez

Nearest frequency peer: apportez (-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 « approchent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « approchent » 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).

approchent vs approcher
80% similar
approchent vs approches
80% similar
approchent vs approchez
80% similar

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

Key facts for approchent
PropertyValue
Headwordapprochent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.pʁɔʃ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#16,065
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « approchent »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).approchentse 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 « apportez » (#16,064), « April » (#16,066), « apparus » (#16,063). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « approchent » est au #16,065. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around approchent (IPA \a.pʁɔʃ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #16,065 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for approchent, with forms such as "apporchent", "apprcohent", and "approcchent". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "approcher", "approches", "approchez", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is approchent, spelled A-P-P-R-O-C-H-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe approcher.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du subjonctif présent du verbe approcher.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il se met debout, ventre et bas-ventre nus, se torche avec un bout de journal, regarde si les passants n’approchent pas, se torche une deuxième fois, inspecte son papier souillé, puis, hop ! recaleçonné, il franchit un muret et disparaît.
  2. La partie repart, les clients sadiques s’approchent, soudain intéressés de voir un froggy en situation délicate, et arrive mon tour.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apporchent
  • apprcohent
  • approcchent
  • approcehnt
  • approchennt
  • approchentt
  • approchetn
  • approchhent
  • approchnet
  • approhcent
  • apprrochent
  • aprochent
  • aprpochent
  • paprochent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of approchent - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

apporchent2apprcohent2approcchent1approcehnt2approchennt1approchentt1approchetn2approchhent1
Edit distance from "approchent"

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 "approchent"?
"approchent" is spelled A-P-P-R-O-C-H-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \a.pʁɔʃ\.
What does "approchent" mean?
As a verb, "approchent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe approcher.
What words are commonly confused with "approchent"?
"approchent" is commonly confused with "approcher", "approches", "approchez". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "approchent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "approchent" is \a.pʁɔʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "approchent" come from?
"approchent" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Antoinette#16,060étonnement#16,044concernait#16,098dérogation#16,118

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

émotionnelle14 variantsconstatée14 variantsthéâtrale14 variantsdisputent14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list