roche mère

\ʁɔʃ mɛʁ\

/\ʁɔʃ mɛʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“roche mère” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Roche dure ou meuble dont dérivent directement les différents horizons pédologiques formant le sol d’une région.

Key facts for roche mère
PropertyValue
Headwordroche mère
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁɔʃ mɛʁ\
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “roche mère” sits in French frequency

roche mère falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for roche mère is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁɔʃ mɛʁ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Roche dure ou meuble dont dérivent directement les différents horizons pédologiques formant le sol d’une région.".

No misspelling variants are generated for roche mère in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is roche mère, spelled R-O-C-H-E- -M-È-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Roche dure ou meuble dont dérivent directement les différents horizons pédologiques formant le sol d’une région.

This word in other languages

bedrock(English)roca madre(Español)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "roche mère"?
"roche mère" is spelled R-O-C-H-E- -M-È-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɔʃ mɛʁ\.
What does "roche mère" mean?
As a noun, "roche mère" means: Roche dure ou meuble dont dérivent directement les différents horizons pédologiques formant le sol d’une région.
How do you pronounce "roche mère"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "roche mère" is \ʁɔʃ mɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "roche mère" come from?
"roche mère" 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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Using “roche mère”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is R-O-C-H-E- -M-È-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ʁɔʃ mɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list