pocket

\ˈpɒ.kɪt\

/\ˈpɒ.kɪt\/ noun

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The verdict

“pocket” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,693. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,693
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Poche de vêtement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pocket · pocket · French

pocket · rank #28,693 · 9 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,693
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH plongés

Nearest frequency peer: plongés (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « pocket »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

pocket vs poker
67% similar
pocket vs poulet
67% similar
pocket vs poucet
67% similar

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

Key facts for pocket
PropertyValue
Headwordpocket
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈpɒ.kɪt\
Letters6
Frequency rank#28,693
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pocket »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).pocketse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « plongés » (#28,692), « poivrons » (#28,694), « pinte » (#28,691). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pocket » est au #28,693. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around pocket (IPA \ˈpɒ.kɪt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,693 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for pocket, with forms such as "opcket", "pcoket", and "poccket". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "poker", "poulet", "poucet", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is pocket, spelled P-O-C-K-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Poche de vêtement.
  2. 2
    Blouse, filet placé dans les trous du billard.
  3. 3
    Pochette.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Please put the disc back in its pocket.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opcket
  • pcoket
  • poccket
  • pocekt
  • pockett
  • pockket
  • pockte
  • pokcet
  • ppocket

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pocket - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

opcket2pcoket2poccket1pocekt2pockett1pockket1pockte2pokcet2
Edit distance from "pocket"

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 "pocket"?
"pocket" is spelled P-O-C-K-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈpɒ.kɪt\.
What does "pocket" mean?
As a noun, "pocket" means: Poche de vêtement.
What words are commonly confused with "pocket"?
"pocket" is commonly confused with "poker", "poulet", "poucet". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pocket"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pocket" is \ˈpɒ.kɪt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pocket" come from?
"pocket" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

prisée#28,698quiche#28,704Osiris#28,673Morvan#28,658

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list