rocher

/\ʁɔ.ʃe\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,437

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

rocher is aFrenchnoun. It means: Grande masse de pierre dure, escarpée. Pronounced \ʁɔ.ʃe\. It ranks #6,437 in French word frequency. Often confused with Roger and ruche.

Key facts for rocher
PropertyValue
Headwordrocher
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁɔ.ʃe\
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,437
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for rocher is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁɔ.ʃe\. Corpus data places it at rank #6,437 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 10 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 rocher, with forms such as "orcher", "rcoher", and "roccher". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Roger", "ruche", "rover", 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 rocher, spelled R-O-C-H-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Grande masse de pierre dure, escarpée.
  2. 2
    Matière minérale qui constitue un rocher, on dit plutôt roche.
  3. 3
    Personnage au cœur dur, insensible.
  4. 4
    Une des trois parties de l’os temporal, qui est très forte et très dure.
  5. 5
    Sucrerie ou confiserie en forme de petit rocher.
  6. 6
    Petite pâtisserie à base de noix de coco de sucre et de blanc d'œuf. Macaron, congolais.
  7. 7
    Synonyme de petite roussette (requin) (parce qu’il affectionne les parties rocheuses de la mer).
  8. 8
    Escalade de paroi rocheuses.
  9. 9
    Meuble héraldique représentant une grosse pierre dans les armoiries. Il n’a pas de forme particulière et doit être entièrement visible. S’il touche un bord, on doit le blasonner comme mouvant. À rapprocher de colline, coupeaux, mont, montagne et pic.
  10. 10
    Poste de travail dans une mine où l’on est chargé de creuser la galerie pour atteindre la veine de minerai.

Synonyms

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: orcher,rcoher,roccher,rocehr,rocherr,rochher,rochre,rohcer,rrocher

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for rocher

Misspelling Variants of "rocher"

orcher6rcoher6roccher7rocehr6rocherr7rochher7rochre6rohcer6
Misspelling Variants of "rocher"

Frequency rank: #6,437 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rocher"?
"rocher" is spelled R-O-C-H-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɔ.ʃe\.
What does "rocher" mean?
As a noun, "rocher" means: Grande masse de pierre dure, escarpée.
What words are commonly confused with "rocher"?
"rocher" is commonly confused with "Roger", "ruche", "rover". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rocher"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rocher" is \ʁɔ.ʃe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rocher" come from?
"rocher" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Nearby French words

Other entries that begin with the letter R in our French index:

Explore PlainSpell

Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.