touchéesvstoucherWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: touchées is a adjective, toucher is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“touchées” is an adjective and “toucher” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#15,274
“touchées” frequency rank
#2,152
“toucher” frequency rank
17426
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature touchées toucher
Definition Féminin pluriel de touché. Mettre la main sur quelque chose.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set touchées and toucher apart are highlighted. They share 6 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

8 ch
touchées
7 ch
toucher

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: touchées and toucher carry the same recorded pronunciation, \tu.ʃe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17426, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

touchées is recorded at frequency rank #15,274, classified as anadj, pronounced \tu.ʃe\. toucher is at rank #2,152, tagged as averb, pronounced \tu.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 17426, this pair ranks #383,225 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of touchées vs toucher

Shared letters: cehotu. Private to "touchées": . Private to "toucher": r.

"touchées" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC  ·  "toucher" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • toucherotucher · tocuher · touccher · toucehr · toucherr · touchher · touchre · touhcer

Frequency comparison

touchées#15,274
toucher#2,152

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "touchées" and "toucher" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "touchées" is an adjective and "toucher" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "touchées" or "toucher"?
"toucher" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,152 in our French list, against #15,274 for "touchées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering touchées vs toucher

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need an adjective, it's “touchées”; for a verb, it's “toucher”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “touchées” entry
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list