prêche

\pʁɛʃ\

/\pʁɛʃ\/ noun

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The verdict

“prêche” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,386. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,386
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Discours, sermon tenu devant une assemblée de croyants dans un but d’enseignement, d’édification.

Corpus desk

Index FR-preche · prêche · French

prêche · rank #22,386 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,386
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH prévenue

Nearest frequency peer: prévenue (-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 « prêche »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « prêche » 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).

prêche vs prêté
50% similar
prêche vs price
67% similar
prêche vs proche
83% similar

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

Key facts for prêche
PropertyValue
Headwordprêche
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁɛʃ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#22,386
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « prêche »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.prêchese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « prévenue » (#22,385), « qd » (#22,387), « présider » (#22,384). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « prêche » est au #22,386. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around prêche (IPA \pʁɛʃ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,386 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for prêche, with forms such as "pprêche", "prcêhe", and "prrêche". 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, "prêté", "price", "proche", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is prêche, spelled P-R-Ê-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Discours, sermon tenu devant une assemblée de croyants dans un but d’enseignement, d’édification.
  2. 2
    Sermons que les ministres de la religion protestante font dans leurs temples.
  3. 3
    Discours moralisateur et ennuyeux.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Jamais à l’école. Jamais de boulot. Des pérégrinations messianiques à travers l’Asie, des prêches d’une virulence absolue et une haine implacable à l’encontre du monde entier.
  2. "Cette charge revenait aux prophètes", déclare Hassan Ali Kasi à l'AFP dans la capitale Islamabad. "L'un des tout premiers éléments du prêche, c'était la récitation. C'est aussi vieux que l'islam."

This word in other languages

sermon(English)Predigt(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pprêche
  • prcêhe
  • prrêche
  • prêcche
  • prêceh
  • prêchhe
  • prêhce
  • pêrche
  • rpêche

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

pprêche1prcêhe2prrêche1prêcche1prêceh2prêchhe1prêhce2pêrche2
Edit distance from "prêche"

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 "prêche"?
"prêche" is spelled P-R-Ê-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɛʃ\.
What does "prêche" mean?
As a noun, "prêche" means: Discours, sermon tenu devant une assemblée de croyants dans un but d’enseignement, d’édification.
What words are commonly confused with "prêche"?
"prêche" is commonly confused with "prêté", "price", "proche". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "prêche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prêche" is \pʁɛʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prêche" come from?
"prêche" 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 "prêche", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

policy#22,376placez#22,373référé#22,408origin#22,361

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

redonné9 variantssapins9 variantssonnent9 variantsstature9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list