péloche
\pe.lɔʃ\
The verdict
“péloche” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pellicule pour la photographie argentique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-peloche · péloche · French
péloche · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | péloche |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pe.lɔʃ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « péloche » en français
Rare enough to double-check
péloche is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pe.lɔʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pellicule pour la photographie argentique.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for péloche, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is péloche, spelled P-É-L-O-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Pellicule pour la photographie argentique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how péloche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’est marrant, pour ma part j’avais conservé mon matos argentique, je l’ai sous les yeux tous les jours […]. Dans le frigo, non loin des biniouses j’ai également conservé quelques péloches en tout genre un peu comme un trésor de guerre.
Ce soir, j’ai chargé une péloche Ilford 400,j’ai un peu visé au hasard, et à la fin, j’ai sorti le canister de l’appareil, pour enrouler ce PREMIER film sur une spire.
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.