oche
/ˈɑki/noun
oche is spelled O-C-H-E: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 180,281st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, oche means “A line behind which a player's front foot must be placed when throwing a dart” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of oche is oches.
How many letters and syllables are in oche?
| Letters | 4: O-C-H-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 35 million words; the 180,281st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is oche?
Oche appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 180,281st 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).
How do you pronounce oche?
- UK /ˈɒki/
- US /ˈɑki/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-oche.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with oche?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as oche from its last stressed vowel (/ɑki/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: echo.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of oche
- oches plural
- hockey
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does oche mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A line behind which a player's front foot must be placed when throwing a dart.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does oche come from?
Possibly from Middle French oche (“notch”), from Old French ocher, ochier (“to make a notch in; to notch”), which, according to Partridge, could be related to French hocher and English nick (“small cut, notch”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).