rochet

\ʁɔ.ʃɛ\

/\ʁɔ.ʃɛ\/ noun

The verdict

“rochet” is uncommon French (frequency #56,892 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,892
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte de surplis à manches étroites, que portent les évêques et divers autres ecclésiastiques.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rochet · rochet · French

rochet · rank #56,892 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,892
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH Rodríguez

Nearest frequency peer: Rodríguez (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « rochet »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « rochet » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for rochet
PropertyValue
Headwordrochet
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁɔ.ʃɛ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#56,892
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « rochet » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.rochettombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Rodríguez » (#56,893), « Romainville » (#56,894), « ronce » (#56,895). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rochet » est au #56,892. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

rochet is uncommon French at frequency #56,892 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁɔ.ʃɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for rochet in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is rochet, spelled R-O-C-H-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sorte de surplis à manches étroites, que portent les évêques et divers autres ecclésiastiques.
  2. 2
    Attribut symbolique de l'épiscopat.
  3. 3
    Mantelet.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le clergé en soutane avec un grand manteau et un bonnet carré, ou en robe violette et en rochet, marchait en avant.
  2. Au lieu du vieux prêtre attendu, c’était Monseigneur qui entrait, Monseigneur en rochet de dentelle, ayant l’étole violette et portant le vaisseau d’argent, où se trouvait l’huile des infirmes, bénite par lui-même le Jeudi saint.

This word in other languages

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 "rochet"?
"rochet" is spelled R-O-C-H-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɔ.ʃɛ\.
What does "rochet" mean?
As a noun, "rochet" means: Sorte de surplis à manches étroites, que portent les évêques et divers autres ecclésiastiques.
How do you pronounce "rochet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rochet" is \ʁɔ.ʃɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list