percher

\pɛʁ.ʃe\

/\pɛʁ.ʃe\/ verb

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The verdict

“percher” is uncommon French (frequency #72,605 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,605
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se poser sur une perche, sur une branche d’arbre, sur une baguette, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-percher · percher · French

percher · rank #72,605 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,605
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH payeras

Nearest frequency peer: payeras (-3 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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « percher »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « percher » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for percher
PropertyValue
Headwordpercher
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pɛʁ.ʃe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#72,605
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « percher » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.perchertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « payeras » (#72,602), « permissive » (#72,608), « Paulet » (#72,601). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « percher » est au #72,605. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

percher is uncommon French at frequency #72,605 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \pɛʁ.ʃe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for percher in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is percher, spelled P-E-R-C-H-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Se poser sur une perche, sur une branche d’arbre, sur une baguette, etc.
  2. 2
    Se mettre sur quelque endroit élevé, pour mieux voir ou pour mieux entendre.
  3. 3
    Demeurer, se trouver.
  4. 4
    Produire son effet, en parlant d’un stupéfiant puissant.
  5. 5
    Manipuler la perche pour la prise du son.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les coqs et les poules perchent toutes les nuits.
  2. Quantité d’oiseaux sont venus percher sur ces arbres.

This word in other languages

perch(English)empoleirar(Português)

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 "percher"?
"percher" is spelled P-E-R-C-H-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛʁ.ʃe\.
What does "percher" mean?
As a verb, "percher" means: Se poser sur une perche, sur une branche d’arbre, sur une baguette, etc.
How do you pronounce "percher"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "percher" is \pɛʁ.ʃe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "percher" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

payeras#72,602piaggio#72,613Paolini#72,595Palmade#72,594

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list