approches
\a.pʁɔʃ\
The verdict
“approches” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #9,601 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #9,601
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de approche.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | approches |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.pʁɔʃ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #9,601 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “approches” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for approches is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for approches, with forms such as "apporches", "apprcohes", and "approcches". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "approchez", "approche", "approcha", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is approches, spelled A-P-P-R-O-C-H-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de approche.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: apporches,apprcohes,approcches,approcehs,approchess,approchhes,approchse,approhces,apprroches,aproches,aprpoches,paproches
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of approches - 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.
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.
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Using “approches”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-P-P-R-O-C-H-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a.pʁɔʃ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “approchez” - see the side-by-side comparison. approches vs approchez
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.