atchoum
\at.ʃum\
The verdict
“atchoum” is uncommon French (frequency #78,140 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as an onomatopoeia. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,140
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Onomatopée imitant le bruit d’un éternuement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-atchoum · atchoum · French
atchoum · rank #78,140 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,140
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH aspirons
Nearest frequency peer: aspirons (-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 « atchoum »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- ASIC
ASIC
21,863 corpus weight
- aspirons
aspirons
21,862 corpus weight
- atchoum
atchoum
21,861 corpus weight
- atomiser
atomiser
21,860 corpus weight
- atteindrez
atteindrez
21,859 corpus weight
- atterris
atterris
21,858 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « atchoum » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | atchoum |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Onomatopoeia |
| IPA | \at.ʃum\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #78,140 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « atchoum » en français
Rare enough to double-check
atchoum is uncommon French at frequency #78,140 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anonomatopoeia, transcribed \at.ʃum\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Onomatopée imitant le bruit d’un éternuement.".
atchoum has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is atchoum, spelled A-T-C-H-O-U-M.
Definition
- 1Onomatopée imitant le bruit d’un éternuement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how atchoum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le bruit de l'éternuement … est un bruit articulé, c'est un mot de deux syllabes que le vulgaire « Atchoum ! » traduit assez bien.
Les Parisiens grelottants Passent de jujube à réglisse Et depuis six mois je n’entends Qu’ « Atchoum ! » et que « Dieu vous bénisse ! »
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.
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