perches

/\pɛʁʃ\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#32,522

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

perches is aFrenchnoun. It means: Pluriel de perche. Pronounced \pɛʁʃ\. Often confused with pères and pertes.

Key facts for perches
PropertyValue
Headwordperches
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɛʁʃ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#32,522
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for perches is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pɛʁʃ\. Corpus data places it at rank #32,522 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pluriel de perche.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for perches, with forms such as "eprches", "pecrhes", and "percches". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pères", "pertes", "perles", 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 perches, spelled P-E-R-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 perche.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eprches,pecrhes,percches,percehs,perchess,perchhes,perchse,perhces,perrches,pperches,preches

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for perches

Misspelling Variants of "perches"

eprches7pecrhes7percches8percehs7perchess8perchhes8perchse7perhces7
Misspelling Variants of "perches"

Frequency rank: #32,522 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "perches"?
"perches" is spelled P-E-R-C-H-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛʁʃ\.
What does "perches" mean?
As a noun, "perches" means: Pluriel de perche.
What words are commonly confused with "perches"?
"perches" is commonly confused with "pères", "pertes", "perles". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "perches"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "perches" is \pɛʁʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "perches" come from?
"perches" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.