cocher

\kɔ.ʃe\

/\kɔ.ʃe\/ adj

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The verdict

“cocher” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,836. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,836
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui permet le passage des véhicules.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cocher · cocher · French

cocher · rank #16,836 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,836
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH clim

Nearest frequency peer: clim (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « cocher »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « cocher » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cocher vs cohen
67% similar
cocher vs cover
67% similar
cocher vs coder
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for cocher
PropertyValue
Headwordcocher
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kɔ.ʃe\
Letters6
Frequency rank#16,836
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cocher »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.cocherse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « clim » (#16,835), « collectionneurs » (#16,837), « claviers » (#16,834). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cocher » est au #16,836. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around cocher (IPA \kɔ.ʃe\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #16,836 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui permet le passage des véhicules.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for cocher, with forms such as "ccocher", "ccoher", and "coccher". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cohen", "cover", "coder", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 cocher, spelled C-O-C-H-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui permet le passage des véhicules.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how cocher appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il peut s’agir d’un portail cocher surmonté d’une volière formant pavillon, comme au Flot, ou d’une pièce de défense, comme à La Valouine (fig. 13a, 100).

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccocher
  • ccoher
  • coccher
  • cocehr
  • cocherr
  • cochher
  • cochre
  • cohcer
  • occher

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cocher - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccocher1ccoher2coccher1cocehr2cocherr1cochher1cochre2cohcer2
Edit distance from "cocher"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cocher"?
"cocher" is spelled C-O-C-H-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.ʃe\.
What does "cocher" mean?
As an adjective, "cocher" means: Qui permet le passage des véhicules.
What words are commonly confused with "cocher"?
"cocher" is commonly confused with "cohen", "cover", "coder". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cocher"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cocher" is \kɔ.ʃe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cocher" come from?
"cocher" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cocher", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

charia#16,829corail#16,846caviar#16,825cornet#16,847

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

coupant9 variantsCaucase9 variantscassent9 variantscramer9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list