Which to use
“pêches” and “poche” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,733
- “pêches” frequency rank
- #2,689
- “poche” frequency rank
- 18422
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pêches | poche |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de pêche. | Contenant souple servant au transport d’objets ou de liquides. |
Where the eye mixes pêches and poche
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. pêches (\pɛʃ\) and poche (\pɔʃ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18422, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pêches is recorded at frequency rank #15,733, classified as anoun, pronounced \pɛʃ\. poche is at rank #2,689, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɔʃ\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 18422, this pair ranks #378,403 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of pêches vs poche
Shared letters: cehp. Private to "pêches": sê. Private to "poche": o.
"pêches" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "poche" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- poche ← opche · pcohe · pocche · poceh · pochhe · pohce · ppoche