de poche
\də pɔʃ\
The verdict
“de poche” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qualifie un objet de petite taille facilement transportable dans une poche. → voir lampe de poche et livre de poche
Corpus desk
Index FR-de-poche · de poche · French
de poche · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | de poche |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \də pɔʃ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
de poche is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \də pɔʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
de poche doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is de poche, spelled D-E- -P-O-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Qualifie un objet de petite taille facilement transportable dans une poche. → voir lampe de poche et livre de poche
- 2De taille réduite par rapport à une taille normale. → voir sous-marin de poche
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how de poche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un Rabelais de poche, cela seul me donnerait envie de partir en vacances.
Tout bateau de poche , tout canot , tout objet d'armement ou de gréement de bateau de pêche, tout filet, ligne, bouée , flotte […]
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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.