cochonnet
\kɔ.ʃɔ.nɛ\
The verdict
“cochonnet” is an uncommon French word, ranked #98,894 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #98,894
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Boule de petit diamètre et en matériau léger (bois, plastique ou PVC) servant de but visé dans différents jeux de boules, tels que la pétanque.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cochonnet |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ.ʃɔ.nɛ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #98,894 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cochonnet” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for cochonnet is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ.ʃɔ.nɛ\. Corpus data places it at rank #98,894 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
cochonnet doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is cochonnet, spelled C-O-C-H-O-N-N-E-T.
Definition
- 1Boule de petit diamètre et en matériau léger (bois, plastique ou PVC) servant de but visé dans différents jeux de boules, tels que la pétanque.
- 2Jeu pratiqué sur un billard qui imite les règles du jeu de boules.
- 3Jeu de boules utilisant comme but un cochonnet, par opposition au jeu de grosses boules où le but était fixe (piquet) et suivi par un noyon.
- 4Sorte de dé à douze faces, marquées chacune de points ou d’un chiffre, depuis un jusqu’à douze.
- 5Petit cochon châtré, ou cochon de lait.
- 6Partie visible d’un bâti de porte ou d’un dormant de croisée, dégageant ceux-ci des tableaux de maçonnerie.
- 7Nom vernaculaire du pissenlit
- 8Nom vernaculaire du fruit de l’églantier
- 9(Montreuil) Nom donné à certains rameaux lors de la taille des pêchers en espaliers
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); 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 “cochonnet”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-C-H-O-N-N-E-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kɔ.ʃɔ.nɛ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.