approches

/\a.pʁɔʃ\/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,601

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

approches is aFrenchnoun. It means: Pluriel de approche. Pronounced \a.pʁɔʃ\. It ranks #9,601 in French word frequency. Often confused with approchez and approche.

Key facts for approches
PropertyValue
Headwordapproches
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.pʁɔʃ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#9,601
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of approches in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for approches is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.pʁɔʃ\. Corpus data places it at rank #9,601 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pluriel de approche.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for approches, with forms such as "apporches", "apprcohes", and "approcches". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "approchez", "approche", "approcha", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is approches, spelled A-P-P-R-O-C-H-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de approche.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: apporches,apprcohes,approcches,approcehs,approchess,approchhes,approchse,approhces,apprroches,aproches,aprpoches,paproches

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for approches

Misspelling Variants of "approches"

apporches9apprcohes9approcches10approcehs9approchess10approchhes10approchse9approhces9
Misspelling Variants of "approches"

Frequency rank: #9,601 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "approches"?
"approches" is spelled A-P-P-R-O-C-H-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \a.pʁɔʃ\.
What does "approches" mean?
As a noun, "approches" means: Pluriel de approche.
What words are commonly confused with "approches"?
"approches" is commonly confused with "approchez", "approche", "approcha". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "approches"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "approches" is \a.pʁɔʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "approches" come from?
"approches" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.