hocher
^((h aspiré))\ɔ.ʃe\
The verdict
“hocher” is uncommon French (frequency #69,899 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,899
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Secouer ; remuer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hocher · hocher · French
hocher · rank #69,899 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,899
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH Holger
Nearest frequency peer: Holger (+2 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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « hocher »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- hexagonaux
hexagonaux
30,106 corpus weight
- hilarantes
hilarantes
30,105 corpus weight
- hocher
hocher
30,102 corpus weight
- Holger
Holger
30,100 corpus weight
- hollander
hollander
30,099 corpus weight
- Holm
Holm
30,098 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « hocher » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hocher |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\ɔ.ʃe\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #69,899 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « hocher » en français
Rare enough to double-check
hocher is uncommon French at frequency #69,899 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\ɔ.ʃe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for hocher, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is hocher, spelled H-O-C-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1Secouer ; remuer.
- 2Secouer un arbre fruitier pour en faire tomber les fruits, notamment les pommes à cidre (en Normandie) ou les mirabelles (en Lorraine).
- 3Branler.
- 4Marquer son accord, dire oui en levant et abaissant la tête. Cette forme intransitive est rare.
- 5Marquer, en levant subitement la tête en haut, qu’on désapprouve quelque chose ou qu’on ne s’en soucie guère.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hocher appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ooah ! dit le chef en hochant la tête et réfléchissant profondément sur cette réponse.
Par moments il hochait la tête, comme pour approuver des réflexions qu’il se faisait à part lui.
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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