c’est dans la poche
\sɛ dɑ̃ la pɔʃ\
The verdict
“c’est dans la poche” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - C’est pratiquement acquis ; c’est gagné d’avance.
Corpus desk
Index FR-c-est-dans-la-poche · c’est dans la poche · French
c’est dans la poche · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | c’est dans la poche |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | \sɛ dɑ̃ la pɔʃ\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « c’est dans la poche » en français
Rare enough to double-check
c’est dans la poche is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed \sɛ dɑ̃ la pɔʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "C’est pratiquement acquis ; c’est gagné d’avance.".
c’est dans la poche doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is c’est dans la poche, spelled C-’-E-S-T- -D-A-N-S- -L-A- -P-O-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1C’est pratiquement acquis ; c’est gagné d’avance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how c’est dans la poche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dès que les gens rient, c’est dans la poche.
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.