Which to use
“poche” and “pocket” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,689
- “poche” frequency rank
- #28,693
- “pocket” frequency rank
- 31382
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | poche | |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Contenant souple servant au transport d’objets ou de liquides. | Poche de vêtement. |
Where the eye mixes poche and pocket
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. poche runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against pocket's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: poche vs pocket
A purely visual mix-up. poche (\pɔʃ\) and pocket (\ˈpɒ.kɪt\) 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 31382, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
poche is recorded at frequency rank #2,689, classified as anoun, pronounced \pɔʃ\. pocket is at rank #28,693, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈpɒ.kɪt\.
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 31382, this pair ranks #304,154 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of poche vs pocket
Shared letters: ceop. Private to "poche": h. Private to "pocket": kt.
"poche" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "pocket" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "poche" and "pocket" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "poche" or "pocket"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "poche" and "pocket" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "poche" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pocket" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #304,154 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "poche" and "pocket" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pocket vs pontet". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #304,154 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.