pochon
\pɔ.ʃɔ̃\
The verdict
“pochon” is uncommon French (frequency #70,116 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,116
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit sac ou sachet ; petite poche fermée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pochon · pochon · French
pochon · rank #70,116 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,116
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH pluriannuelle
Nearest frequency peer: pluriannuelle (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « pochon »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- playoff
playoff
29,888 corpus weight
- pluriannuel…
pluriannuelle
29,886 corpus weight
- pochon
pochon
29,885 corpus weight
- poggio
poggio
29,884 corpus weight
- poiriers
poiriers
29,883 corpus weight
- polarisant
polarisant
29,882 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « pochon » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pochon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɔ.ʃɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #70,116 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pochon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pochon is uncommon French at frequency #70,116 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɔ.ʃɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for pochon in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is pochon, spelled P-O-C-H-O-N.
Definition
- 1Petit sac ou sachet ; petite poche fermée.
- 2Sachet de drogue.
- 3Sac de supermarché en plastique ou en papier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pochon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais il me serait si facile de l’humilier ; je vais lui demander si Rome est en Suisse ou au Comtat Venaissin. Alors elle me dévisagera, soupçonneuse, et secouera la tête pour trouver une réponse, comme on secoue le pochon du loto pour en faire sortir le bon nombre.
Les négociants ne sont pas les seuls à être bons ; les fonctionnaires ont une délicatesse que vous ne connaîtrez jamais parce qu’elle ne s’étale pas en fleurs à l’étalage et en rubans à vos pochons.
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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