livre de poche
\livʁ də pɔʃ\
The verdict
“livre de poche” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Livre de petit format, à couverture souple, facile à emporter avec soi et de faible prix.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | livre de poche |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \livʁ də pɔʃ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “livre de poche” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for livre de poche is 14 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \livʁ də pɔʃ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Livre de petit format, à couverture souple, facile à emporter avec soi et de faible prix.".
No misspelling variants are generated for livre de poche in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is livre de poche, spelled L-I-V-R-E- -D-E- -P-O-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Livre de petit format, à couverture souple, facile à emporter avec soi et de faible prix.
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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.
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Using “livre de poche”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is L-I-V-R-E- -D-E- -P-O-C-H-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \livʁ də pɔʃ\ (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.