piocher

Name: piocher, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\pjɔ.ʃe\

/\pjɔ.ʃe\/ verb

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“piocher” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,834. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,834
frequency rank, French: 6,826
“P” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings: 11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fouir, remuer avec une pioche.

Corpus desk

Index FR-piocher · piocher · French

piocher · rank #33,834 · 10 variants · 11 confusables

FREQ-MID #33,834
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-DENSE 6,826
PHOTO-FINISH pinto

Nearest frequency peer: pinto (-1 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.

picsou

66,170
Pikachu

66,169
pinto

66,168
piocher

66,167
piquante

66,166
plot

66,165

What this shows « piocher » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

piocher vs poche

71% similar

piocher vs proche

71% similar

piocher vs proches

71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for piocher
Property	Value
Headword	piocher
Language	French
Part of speech	Verb
IPA	\pjɔ.ʃe\
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#33,834
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	11
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « piocher »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).piocherse place ici:

#33,834

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pinto » (#33,833), « piquante » (#33,835), « Pikachu » (#33,832). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « piocher » est au #33,834. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around piocher (IPA \pjɔ.ʃe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #33,834 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for piocher, with forms such as "ipocher", "picoher", and "pioccher". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "poche", "proche", "proches", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is piocher, spelled P-I-O-C-H-E-R.

Definition

1
Fouir, remuer avec une pioche.
2
Remuer avec une pioche.
3
Creuser le sol comme avec une pioche.
4
Travailler avec ardeur, avec assiduité ; bûcher.
5
Puiser, choisir parmi de nombreux éléments.
6
Frapper fort, répétitivement et bruyamment.
7
Se battre ; combattre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how piocher appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Piocher une vigne.
Piocher la terre.

Synonyms

puiser

This word in other languages

dig up(English)cavar(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ipocher
picoher
pioccher
piocehr
piocherr
piochher
piochre
piohcer
poicher
ppiocher

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of piocher - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "piocher"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "piocher"?

"piocher" is spelled P-I-O-C-H-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \pjɔ.ʃe\.

What does "piocher" mean?

As a verb, "piocher" means: Fouir, remuer avec une pioche.

What words are commonly confused with "piocher"?

"piocher" is commonly confused with "poche", "proche", "proches". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "piocher"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "piocher" is \pjɔ.ʃe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "piocher" come from?

"piocher" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "piocher", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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