Which to use
“approcher” and “approchez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,165
- “approcher” frequency rank
- #30,467
- “approchez” frequency rank
- 36632
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | approcher | approchez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mettre proche, mettre près. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe approcher. |
Same sound, different letters: approcher vs approchez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - approcher / approchez
This is the hard kind. approcher and approchez are pronounced identically (\a.pʁɔ.ʃe\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - r in “approcher” becomes z in “approchez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36632, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
approcher is recorded at frequency rank #6,165, classified as averb, pronounced \a.pʁɔ.ʃe\. approchez is at rank #30,467, 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 36632, this pair ranks #268,233 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of approcher vs approchez
Shared letters: acehopr. Private to "approcher": -. Private to "approchez": z.
"approcher" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCCVC · "approchez" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "approcher" and "approchez" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "approcher" vs "approchez" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "approcher" / "approchez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "approcher" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "approchez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #268,233 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "approcher" and "approchez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accrochez 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 #268,233 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.