cacochyme
\ka.kɔ.ʃim\
The verdict
“cacochyme” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En mauvais état, fortement dégradé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cacochyme · cacochyme · French
cacochyme · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cacochyme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ka.kɔ.ʃim\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
cacochyme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ka.kɔ.ʃim\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
cacochyme doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is cacochyme, spelled C-A-C-O-C-H-Y-M-E.
Definition
- 1En mauvais état, fortement dégradé.
- 2En mauvais état, fortement dégradé.
- 3Se dit de la bizarrerie de l’esprit ou de l’inégalité de l’humeur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cacochyme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le comte vida la bouteille sans respirer, jeta avec désinvolture quelques coupures sur la table et courut ronfler dans son carrosse qui n’était à vrai dire qu’une spacieuse caisse à savon montée sur roulette et tirée par un poney cacochyme.
[…] pour nous rendre à Genève, nous suivions consciencieusement la route goudronnée, poursuivis par le vieux Jo, le fourgon cacochyme de la colonie, qui soufflait plus que nous dans les lacets de Septmoncel, […] ou ceux du col de la Faucille […].
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.