argent de poche
\aʁ.ʒɑ̃ də pɔʃ\
The verdict
“argent de poche” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Somme qu’on destine à ses menus plaisirs, à ses petites dépenses personnelles.
Corpus desk
Index FR-argent-de-poche · argent de poche · French
argent de poche · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | argent de poche |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \aʁ.ʒɑ̃ də pɔʃ\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « argent de poche » en français
Rare enough to double-check
argent de poche is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \aʁ.ʒɑ̃ də pɔʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Somme qu’on destine à ses menus plaisirs, à ses petites dépenses personnelles.".
argent de poche has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is argent de poche, spelled A-R-G-E-N-T- -D-E- -P-O-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Somme qu’on destine à ses menus plaisirs, à ses petites dépenses personnelles.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how argent de poche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il s'était donc résigné à se passer de train de maison. […]. Sa devise était tout pour l’argent de poche, et il la mettait en pratique. Aussi, avait-il, comme on dit, le louis facile, et ces dames du monde où l'on s'amuse lui en savaient gré.
Ce caractère modeste est bien sûr relatif car tributaire des ressources de chacun, mais la modicité des sommes en cause reste avant tout un élément de définition de l’argent de poche.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.