hochet
French, noun/ɔ.ʃɛ/
hochet is spelled H-O-C-H-E-T (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 51,352nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hochet is a French masculine noun meaning “rattle (a baby's toy)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Jouet pour les petits qui produit du son quand on le secoue et parfois conçu pour que l'enfant le porte à sa…”.
What does hochet mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerattle (a baby's toy)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Jouet pour les petits qui produit du son quand on le secoue et parfois conçu pour que l'enfant le porte à sa bouche et le presse entre ses gencives pendant le travail de la dentition. 2. Instrument de musique à percussion. 3. Chose futile à laquelle on attache de l’importance.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of hochet
- hochets plural
- ^((h aspiré))\ɔ.ʃɛ\ singular plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hochet?
- /ɔ.ʃɛ/
- ^((h aspiré))\ɔ.ʃɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hochet in French?
hochet appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).