prêcher

\pʁe.ʃe\

/\pʁe.ʃe\/ verb

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The verdict

“prêcher” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,540. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,540
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Annoncer la parole de Dieu, instruire les peuples par des sermons.

Corpus desk

Index FR-precher · prêcher · French

prêcher · rank #20,540 · 12 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,540
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH présumée

Nearest frequency peer: présumée (-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 « prêcher »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « prêcher » 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).

prêcher vs proche
71% similar
prêcher vs prêter
71% similar
prêcher vs premier
57% similar

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

Key facts for prêcher
PropertyValue
Headwordprêcher
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pʁe.ʃe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#20,540
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « prêcher »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).prêcherse 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 « présumée » (#20,539), « raccourcis » (#20,541), « racontez » (#20,542). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « prêcher » est au #20,540. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around prêcher (IPA \pʁe.ʃe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #20,540 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for prêcher, with forms such as "pprêcher", "prcêher", and "precher". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "proche", "prêter", "premier", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is prêcher, spelled P-R-Ê-C-H-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Annoncer la parole de Dieu, instruire les peuples par des sermons.
  2. 2
    Prêcher dans une même église durant une même période canoniale.
  3. 3
    Publier, recommander, répandre, soit de vive voix, soit par écrit.
  4. 4
    Répéter sans cesse les mêmes propos.
  5. 5
    Remontrer, faire des remontrances.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Des prêtres prêchaient que les malheurs du pays étaient la conséquence des hérésies et de la négligence des devoirs religieux.
  2. En 1145, un légat pontifical prêcha contre eux. Eudes et sa troupe d'« éonites » gagnèrent alors la Gascogne, puis la Champagne, […].

This word in other languages

preach(English)predicar(Español)predigen(Deutsch)pregar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pprêcher
  • prcêher
  • precher
  • prrêcher
  • prêccher
  • prêcehr
  • prêcherr
  • prêchher
  • prêchre
  • prêhcer
  • pêrcher
  • rpêcher

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

pprêcher1prcêher2precher1prrêcher1prêccher1prêcehr2prêcherr1prêchher1
Edit distance from "prêcher"

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 "prêcher"?
"prêcher" is spelled P-R-Ê-C-H-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁe.ʃe\.
What does "prêcher" mean?
As a verb, "prêcher" means: Annoncer la parole de Dieu, instruire les peuples par des sermons.
What words are commonly confused with "prêcher"?
"prêcher" is commonly confused with "proche", "prêter", "premier". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "prêcher"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prêcher" is \pʁe.ʃe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prêcher" come from?
"prêcher" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

préjugé#20,535rayures#20,545relayer#20,547repaire#20,549

Similar misspelling depth

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

présumée12 variantsracontez12 variantsrefermer12 variantspourboire12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list