pique-poche
\pik.pɔʃ\
The verdict
“pique-poche” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Voleur à la tire, voleuse à la tire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pique-poche · pique-poche · French
pique-poche · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | pique-poche |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pik.pɔʃ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
pique-poche is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pik.pɔʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Voleur à la tire, voleuse à la tire.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for pique-poche in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is pique-poche, spelled P-I-Q-U-E---P-O-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Voleur à la tire, voleuse à la tire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pique-poche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— Monsieur le Commissaire, répondis-je, c’est peut-être qu’on a découvert quelques bijoux dans un meuble, ou bien de l’or monnayé. Et malgré l’étonnement où pourraient demeurer plongés vos hommes que tant de choses précieuses n’aient pas été amassées par un pique-poche, je crois pouvoir vous affirmer qu’elles me viennent de famille.
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.