Which to use
“approchée” is an adjective and “approcher” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #28,447
- “approchée” frequency rank
- #6,165
- “approcher” frequency rank
- 34612
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | approchée | approcher |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de approché. | Mettre proche, mettre près. |
Same sound, different letters: approchée vs approcher
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Homophone desk: approchée vs approcher
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: approchée and approcher carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.pʁɔ.ʃe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34612, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
approchée is recorded at frequency rank #28,447, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.pʁɔ.ʃe\. approcher is at rank #6,165, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.pʁɔ.ʃe\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 34612, this pair ranks #282,605 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of approchée vs approcher
Shared letters: acehopr. Private to "approchée": é. Private to "approcher": -.
"approchée" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCCVV · "approcher" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- approcher ← apporcher · apprcoher · approccher · approcehr · approcherr · approchher · approchre · approhcer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "approchée" and "approcher" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "approchée" or "approcher" show up more?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "approchée" / "approcher". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "approchée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "approcher" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #282,605 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "approchée" and "approcher" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "approchée vs approchez". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #282,605 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.