roche

\ʁɔʃ\

/\ʁɔʃ\/ noun

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The verdict

“roche” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,799. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,799
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bloc minéral d’origine naturelle et dure.

Corpus desk

Index FR-roche · roche · French

roche · rank #4,799 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,799
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH retiré

Nearest frequency peer: retiré (-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 « roche »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « roche » 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).

roche vs roh
60% similar
roche vs roe
60% similar
roche vs rôle
40% similar

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

Key facts for roche
PropertyValue
Headwordroche
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁɔʃ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#4,799
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « roche »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « retiré » (#4,798), « réalisés » (#4,800), « réveiller » (#4,801). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « roche » est au #4,799. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around roche (IPA \ʁɔʃ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,799 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for roche, with forms such as "orche", "rcohe", and "rocche". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "roh", "roe", "rôle", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is roche, spelled R-O-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bloc minéral d’origine naturelle et dure.
  2. 2
    Masse de pierre sous l’eau ou à fleur d’eau ; écueil.
  3. 3
    Agrégat naturel de minéraux.
  4. 4
    La pierre la plus dure d’une carrière.
  5. 5
    Synonyme de gardon commun (poisson).
  6. 6
    Pierre, caillou.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. […] ; un peu plus loin sur la droite, face au large, l’étrange roche à figure humaine qu’on appelle le roi Grallon se silhouettait confusément.
  2. Roche dure. — La pointe d’une roche. — Ce pays est tout couvert de roches. — Des roches sous-marines.

Synonyms

rocpierrecaillouxgarnotte

This word in other languages

rock(English)roque(Español)Gestein(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • orche
  • rcohe
  • rocche
  • roceh
  • rochhe
  • rohce
  • rroche

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of roche - 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.

orche2rcohe2rocche1roceh2rochhe1rohce2rroche1
Edit distance from "roche"

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 "roche"?
"roche" is spelled R-O-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɔʃ\.
What does "roche" mean?
As a noun, "roche" means: Bloc minéral d’origine naturelle et dure.
What words are commonly confused with "roche"?
"roche" is commonly confused with "roh", "roe", "rôle". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "roche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "roche" is \ʁɔʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "roche" come from?
"roche" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sauvé#4,803profs#4,790tarif#4,812trous#4,813

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

époux7 variantsLouise7 variantsanimé7 variantsjambe7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list