pocket

/\ˈpɒ.kɪt\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#28,693

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

pocket is aFrenchnoun. It means: Poche de vêtement. Pronounced \ˈpɒ.kɪt\. Often confused with poker and poulet.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of pocket in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for pocket is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ˈpɒ.kɪt\. Corpus data places it at rank #28,693 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for pocket, with forms such as "opcket", "pcoket", and "poccket". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, 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, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is pocket, spelled P-O-C-K-E-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: opcket,pcoket,poccket,pocekt,pockett,pockket,pockte,pokcet,ppocket

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pocket

Misspelling Variants of "pocket"

opcket6pcoket6poccket7pocekt6pockett7pockket7pockte6pokcet6
Misspelling Variants of "pocket"

Frequency rank: #28,693 in French

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 covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.