cochonceté
\kɔ.ʃɔ̃.ste\
The verdict
“cochonceté” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Paillardise, obscénité, grivoiserie, gaudriole, pornographie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cochoncete · cochonceté · French
cochonceté · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | cochonceté |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ.ʃɔ̃.ste\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cochonceté » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cochonceté is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ.ʃɔ̃.ste\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cochonceté, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is cochonceté, spelled C-O-C-H-O-N-C-E-T-É.
Definition
- 1Paillardise, obscénité, grivoiserie, gaudriole, pornographie.
- 2Cochonnerie, saloperie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cochonceté appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bien sûr, il n’y pige rien et comme il croit, dur comme fer, qu’on lui débite des cochoncetés, il voudrait bien saisir.
Tout occupé à façonner un décret qui lui permît de parquer les amateurs de cochoncetés dans des salles sans aération, le secrétaire d’État à la Culture, qui avait beaucoup pleuré sur la dépouille de Joséphine Baker puis sur celle de Jacques Charron, ou inversement, n’eut pas une larme pour le voyageur aux bagages de brumes.
Synonyms
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.