touchèrent

\tu.ʃɛʁ\

/\tu.ʃɛʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“touchèrent” is uncommon French (frequency #91,238 among 164,488 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,238
frequency rank, French
164,488
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de toucher.

Key facts for touchèrent
PropertyValue
Headwordtouchèrent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\tu.ʃɛʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#91,238
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “touchèrent” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). touchèrent lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

touchèrent is uncommon French at frequency #91,238 among 164,488 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \tu.ʃɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de toucher.".

No misspelling variants are generated for touchèrent in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is touchèrent, spelled T-O-U-C-H-È-R-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de toucher.

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 "touchèrent"?
"touchèrent" is spelled T-O-U-C-H-È-R-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \tu.ʃɛʁ\.
What does "touchèrent" mean?
As a verb, "touchèrent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de toucher.
How do you pronounce "touchèrent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "touchèrent" is \tu.ʃɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "touchèrent" come from?
"touchèrent" 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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Using “touchèrent”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is T-O-U-C-H-È-R-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \tu.ʃɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list