cherché

\ʃɛʁ.ʃe\

/\ʃɛʁ.ʃe\/ verb

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The verdict

“cherché” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,666. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,666
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe chercher.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cherche · cherché · French

cherché · rank #3,666 · 12 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,666
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chaînes

Nearest frequency peer: chaînes (-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 « cherché »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « cherché » 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).

cherché vs chère
43% similar
cherché vs chérie
43% similar
cherché vs crèche
43% similar

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

Key facts for cherché
PropertyValue
Headwordcherché
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʃɛʁ.ʃe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,666
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cherché »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).cherchése 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 « chaînes » (#3,665), « clinique » (#3,667), « bénéfice » (#3,664). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cherché » est au #3,666. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around cherché (IPA \ʃɛʁ.ʃe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,666 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe chercher.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for cherché, with forms such as "ccherché", "cehrché", and "checrhé". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "chère", "chérie", "crèche", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is cherché, spelled C-H-E-R-C-H-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe chercher.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Nous avons cherché à savoir pourquoi un peuple réputé rebelle vote à 64% pour Jacques Chirac.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccherché
  • cehrché
  • checrhé
  • chercché
  • cherche
  • cherchhé
  • chercéh
  • cherhcé
  • cherrché
  • chherché
  • chreché
  • hcerché

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccherché1cehrché2checrhé2chercché1cherche1cherchhé1chercéh2cherhcé2
Edit distance from "cherché"

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 "cherché"?
"cherché" is spelled C-H-E-R-C-H-É. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃɛʁ.ʃe\.
What does "cherché" mean?
As a verb, "cherché" means: Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe chercher.
What words are commonly confused with "cherché"?
"cherché" is commonly confused with "chère", "chérie", "crèche". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cherché"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cherché" is \ʃɛʁ.ʃe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cherché" come from?
"cherché" 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 "cherché", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

chaînes#3,665couteau#3,671dérange#3,674accords#3,656

Similar misspelling depth

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

bénéfice12 variantsautrefois12 variantsémotions12 variantsinscrire12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list