proches

/\pʁɔʃ\/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,673

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

proches is anFrenchadj. It means: Pluriel de proche. Pronounced \pʁɔʃ\. It ranks #1,673 in French word frequency. Often confused with proies and propres.

Key facts for proches
PropertyValue
Headwordproches
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\pʁɔʃ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,673
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for proches is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pʁɔʃ\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,673 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pluriel de proche.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for proches, with forms such as "porches", "pproches", and "prcohes". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "proies", "propres", "progrès", 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 proches, spelled P-R-O-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 proche.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: porches,pproches,prcohes,procches,procehs,prochess,prochhes,prochse,prohces,prroches,rpoches

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for proches

Misspelling Variants of "proches"

porches7pproches8prcohes7procches8procehs7prochess8prochhes8prochse7
Misspelling Variants of "proches"

Frequency rank: #1,673 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "proches"?
"proches" is spelled P-R-O-C-H-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɔʃ\.
What does "proches" mean?
As an adj, "proches" means: Pluriel de proche.
What words are commonly confused with "proches"?
"proches" is commonly confused with "proies", "propres", "progrès". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "proches"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "proches" is \pʁɔʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "proches" come from?
"proches" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Nearby French words

Other entries that begin with the letter P in our French index:

Explore PlainSpell

Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.