pochoir
\pɔ.ʃwaʁ\
The verdict
“pochoir” is uncommon French (frequency #58,169 among 248,534 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,169
- frequency rank, French
- 248,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Feuille découpée de façon que la découpure forme un dessin que l’on reproduit sur la surface d’un objet, en passant sur cette feuille une brosse chargée de couleur.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pochoir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɔ.ʃwaʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #58,169 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pochoir” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
pochoir is uncommon French at frequency #58,169 among 248,534 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɔ.ʃwaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
pochoir doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is pochoir, spelled P-O-C-H-O-I-R.
Definition
- 1Feuille découpée de façon que la découpure forme un dessin que l’on reproduit sur la surface d’un objet, en passant sur cette feuille une brosse chargée de couleur.
- 2Œuvre réalisée avec cette technique.
This word in other languages
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 “pochoir”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-O-C-H-O-I-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pɔ.ʃwaʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.