cochère
\kɔ.ʃɛʁ\
The verdict
“cochère” is uncommon French (frequency #66,595 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,595
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Celle qui dirige l’attelage d’une voiture de maître ou d’une voiture publique.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cochère |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ.ʃɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #66,595 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cochère” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cochère is uncommon French at frequency #66,595 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ.ʃɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Celle qui dirige l’attelage d’une voiture de maître ou d’une voiture publique.".
cochère has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is cochère, spelled C-O-C-H-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Celle qui dirige l’attelage d’une voiture de maître ou d’une voiture publique.
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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.
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Using “cochère”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-C-H-È-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.