toucher

/\tu.ʃe\/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,152

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

toucher is aFrenchverb. It means: Mettre la main sur quelque chose. Pronounced \tu.ʃe\. It ranks #2,152 in French word frequency. Often confused with Tucker and tourner.

Key facts for toucher
PropertyValue
Headwordtoucher
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\tu.ʃe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,152
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for toucher is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tu.ʃe\. Corpus data places it at rank #2,152 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 34 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for toucher, with forms such as "otucher", "tocuher", and "touccher". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "Tucker", "tourner", "touchés", 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 toucher, spelled T-O-U-C-H-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mettre la main sur quelque chose.
  2. 2
    Toucher les parties sexuelles d'une personne.
  3. 3
    Jouer, faire résonner, en parlant de certains instruments de musique.
  4. 4
    Avoir la maîtrise d’un sujet, d’un domaine. (voir toucher sa bille)
  5. 5
    Mettre en contact avec un objet, de quelque autre manière que ce soit.
  6. 6
    Atteindre.
  7. 7
    Contacter à distance (une personne).
  8. 8
    Aborder, arriver à.
  9. 9
    Il se dit aussi en parlant du contact qui a lieu entre toutes sortes de choses, lorsqu’elles se joignent. Être contigu à.
  10. 10
    Recevoir, en parlant d’une somme d’argent.
  11. 11
    Acheter ; se procurer.
  12. 12
    Se faire soudoyer.
  13. 13
    Émouvoir.
  14. 14
    Effleurer un sujet, l’aborder. Dire quelque chose à quelqu’un.
  15. 15
    Concerner, regarder, intéresser.
  16. 16
    Appartenir par le sang, être parent ou allié.
  17. 17
    S’adonner à quelque chose.
  18. 18
    Porter la main sur quelque chose.
  19. 19
    Entrer en contact avec une chose, y atteindre.
  20. 20
    Heurter un rocher, faire naufrage.
  21. 21
    Prendre une partie de quelque chose.
  22. 22
    Apporter un changement à une chose.
  23. 23
    Être sur le point d’arriver.
  24. 24
    Être proche d’un moment, d’une époque.
  25. 25
    Concerner, intéresser.
  26. 26
    Peindre par touches.
  27. 27
    Avoir un rapport avec.
  28. 28
    Ressembler à.
  29. 29
    Être en contact direct, se suivre sans interruption.
  30. 30
    Se masturber.
  31. 31
    Avoir des rapports sexuels avec un ou une partenaire.
  32. 32
    Abuser, exagérer, le plus souvent en parlant d’un tarif.
  33. 33
    Acheter de la drogue, du cannabis.
  34. 34
    Recevoir quelque chose qui est régulièrement distribué.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: otucher,tocuher,touccher,toucehr,toucherr,touchher,touchre,touhcer,ttoucher,tuocher

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for toucher

Misspelling Variants of "toucher"

otucher7tocuher7touccher8toucehr7toucherr8touchher8touchre7touhcer7
Misspelling Variants of "toucher"

Frequency rank: #2,152 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "toucher"?
"toucher" is spelled T-O-U-C-H-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \tu.ʃe\.
What does "toucher" mean?
As a verb, "toucher" means: Mettre la main sur quelque chose.
What words are commonly confused with "toucher"?
"toucher" is commonly confused with "Tucker", "tourner", "touchés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "toucher"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "toucher" is \tu.ʃe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "toucher" come from?
"toucher" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.