Rochefort
The verdict
“Rochefort” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #14,352 in French word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #14,352
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
Dominant Wiktionary sense: Commune française, située dans le département de la Charente-Maritime.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rochefort |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ʁɔʃ.fɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #14,352 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Rochefort” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for Rochefort is 9 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁɔʃ.fɔʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #14,352 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Rochefort, with forms such as "orchefort", "rcohefort", and "rocchefort". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "roquefort", 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 Rochefort, spelled R-O-C-H-E-F-O-R-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département de la Charente-Maritime.
- 2Commune française, située dans le département de la Savoie.
- 3Ancien nom de la commune française Rochefort-sur-Brévon.
- 4Commune de la province de Namur de la région wallonne de Belgique.
- 5Commune du canton de Neuchâtel en Suisse.
- 6Hameau de Arvier.
- 7Canton français, situé dans le département de la Charente-Maritime.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: orchefort,rcohefort,rocchefort,rocehfort,rocheffort,rocheforrt,rochefortt,rochefotr,rochefrot,rocheofrt,rochfeort,rochhefort,rohcefort,rrochefort
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Rochefort — measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "Rochefort"
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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PlainSpell, “Rochefort, French word data” (May 6, 2026). Derived from Wiktionary (kaikki.org, CC BY-SA) and an open word-frequency list. https://plainspell.com/fr/mot/rochefort
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Using “Rochefort”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-O-C-H-E-F-O-R-T — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʁɔʃ.fɔʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “roquefort” — see the side-by-side comparison. Rochefort vs roquefort
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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