roche
noun
roche is a noun meaning “One of various types of rock or geological strata” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-O-C-H-E and has one syllable, and it appears 2.1 times per million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of roche is roches.
What does roche mean?
noun
- 1
UKOne of various types of rock or geological strata.
- 2
obsoleteA stony hill.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce roche?
Roche has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of roche
- roches plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is roche?
Roche appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 19,077th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does roche come from?
From Middle English roche; compare English rock and roach, as well as Old French roche.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).