approcher

\a.pʁɔ.ʃe\

/\a.pʁɔ.ʃe\/ verb

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The verdict

“approcher” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,165. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,165
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mettre proche, mettre près.

Corpus desk

Index FR-approcher · approcher · French

approcher · rank #6,165 · 12 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,165
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH anneau

Nearest frequency peer: anneau (-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 « approcher »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « approcher » 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).

approcher vs approches
89% similar
approcher vs approuver
78% similar
approcher vs approchez
89% similar

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

Key facts for approcher
PropertyValue
Headwordapprocher
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.pʁɔ.ʃe\
Letters9
Frequency rank#6,165
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « approcher »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).approcherse 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 « anneau » (#6,164), « are » (#6,166), « amusant » (#6,163). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « approcher » est au #6,165. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around approcher (IPA \a.pʁɔ.ʃe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #6,165 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 12 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for approcher, with forms such as "apporcher", "apprcoher", and "approccher". 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, "approches", "approuver", "approchez", 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 is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is approcher, spelled A-P-P-R-O-C-H-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mettre proche, mettre près.
  2. 2
    Faire voir comme plus proche.
  3. 3
    Admettre dans sa familiarité, dans sa proximité.
  4. 4
    Se placer, se trouver auprès de quelqu’un.
  5. 5
    Avoir un accès libre et facile auprès de quelqu’un.
  6. 6
    Prendre langue, en parlant de quelqu'un.
  7. 7
    Déterminer approximativement.
  8. 8
    Devenir proche.
  9. 9
    Avancer (vers), arriver à proximité (de).
  10. 10
    Approcher du but.
  11. 11
    Avoir quelque convenance, quelque rapport, quelque parité, quelque ressemblance.
  12. 12
    Devenir proche.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Approchez cet enfant de la table.
  2. Cette lunette approche les objets.

This word in other languages

approach(English)acercar(Español)aproximar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apporcher
  • apprcoher
  • approccher
  • approcehr
  • approcherr
  • approchher
  • approchre
  • approhcer
  • apprrocher
  • aprocher
  • aprpocher
  • paprocher

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

apporcher2apprcoher2approccher1approcehr2approcherr1approchher1approchre2approhcer2
Edit distance from "approcher"

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 "approcher"?
"approcher" is spelled A-P-P-R-O-C-H-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.pʁɔ.ʃe\.
What does "approcher" mean?
As a verb, "approcher" means: Mettre proche, mettre près.
What words are commonly confused with "approcher"?
"approcher" is commonly confused with "approches", "approuver", "approchez". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "approcher"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "approcher" 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 "approcher" come from?
"approcher" 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 "approcher", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

cherchant#6,170divisions#6,185Vancouver#6,145séminaire#6,142

Similar misspelling depth

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

Danemark12 variantsvisibles12 variantsessentielle12 variantsfichiers12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list