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pochette

/poʊˈʃɛt/noun

pochette is spelled P-O-C-H-E-T-T-E: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 33 million words in written English, the 176,009th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pochette means “A small handbag shaped like an envelope” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pochette is pochettes.

How many letters and syllables are in pochette?

Letters8: P-O-C-H-E-T-T-E
Syllables2 (from its pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 33 million words; the 176,009th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with

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 pochette?

Pochette appears about once in every 33 million words in written English, the 176,009th 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 pochette?

  • UK /pɒˈʃɛt/
  • US /poʊˈʃɛt/

Pochette has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What rhymes with pochette?

The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as pochette from its last stressed vowel (/ɛt/):

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 pochette

  • pochettes plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does pochette mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A small handbag shaped like an envelope.

  2. 2

    Synonym of kit violin.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does pochette come from?

Borrowed from French pochette (“pocket”). Doublet of pocket.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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