off one’s rocker

\ɒf wʌn‿z ˈɹɒk.ə(ɹ)\

/\ɒf wʌn‿z ˈɹɒk.ə(ɹ)\/ adj

The verdict

“off one’s rocker” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Fou, dingue.

Key facts for off one’s rocker
PropertyValue
Headwordoff one’s rocker
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɒf wʌn‿z ˈɹɒk.ə(ɹ)\
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “off one’s rocker” sits in French frequency

off one’s rocker falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for off one’s rocker is 16 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɒf wʌn‿z ˈɹɒk.ə(ɹ)\. 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: "Fou, dingue.".

No misspelling variants are generated for off one’s rocker in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is off one’s rocker, spelled O-F-F- -O-N-E-’-S- -R-O-C-K-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fou, dingue.

Synonyms

lose one's mindlose one's marbles

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "off one’s rocker"?
"off one’s rocker" is spelled O-F-F- -O-N-E-’-S- -R-O-C-K-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɒf wʌn‿z ˈɹɒk.ə(ɹ)\.
What does "off one’s rocker" mean?
As an adjective, "off one’s rocker" means: Fou, dingue.
How do you pronounce "off one’s rocker"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "off one’s rocker" is \ɒf wʌn‿z ˈɹɒk.ə(ɹ)\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “off one’s rocker”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is O-F-F- -O-N-E-’-S- -R-O-C-K-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ɒf wʌn‿z ˈɹɒk.ə(ɹ)\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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