pochette
\pɔ.ʃɛt\
The verdict
“pochette” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,831. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,831
- frequency rank, French
- 248,534
- “P” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Petite poche, petit sac, petite enveloppe.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pochette |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɔ.ʃɛt\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #11,831 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pochette” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around pochette (IPA \pɔ.ʃɛt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,831 among 248,534 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for pochette, with forms such as "opchette", "pcohette", and "pocchette". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "poulette", "pochettes", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is pochette, spelled P-O-C-H-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Petite poche, petit sac, petite enveloppe.
- 2Enveloppe de papier, de plastique ou de carton servant d’emballage.
- 3Dispositif composé de deux morceaux de plastique fin soudés entre eux, dont un gommé, destiné à présenter un timbre dans un album sans l'abîmer.
- 4Petit filet de pêche.
- 5Mouchoir destiné à être mis dans une petite poche.
- 6Petit violon, autrement appelé poche, de 20 à 30 cm de long utilisé par les professeurs de danse au XVIIIᵉ siècle.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: opchette,pcohette,pocchette,pocehtte,pochete,pochetet,pochhette,pochtete,pohcette,ppochette
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pochette - 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.
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.
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Using “pochette”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-O-C-H-E-T-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pɔ.ʃɛt\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “poulette” - see the side-by-side comparison. pochette vs poulette
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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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.