chacun pour soi

\ʃa.kœ̃ puʁ swa\

/\ʃa.kœ̃ puʁ swa\/ adv

The verdict

“chacun pour soi” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dans un but personnel et égoïste.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chacun-pour-soi · chacun pour soi · French

chacun pour soi · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-6 6 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.

Key facts for chacun pour soi
PropertyValue
Headwordchacun pour soi
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\ʃa.kœ̃ puʁ swa\
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « chacun pour soi » en français

chacun pour soireste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

chacun pour soi is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \ʃa.kœ̃ puʁ swa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dans un but personnel et égoïste.".

chacun pour soi has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is chacun pour soi, spelled C-H-A-C-U-N- -P-O-U-R- -S-O-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dans un but personnel et égoïste.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Et ils ont cherché à accaparer, chacun pour soi, la plus grande quantité de jouissances possible, sans s’occuper des intérêts d’autrui.
  2. La solidarité se perd, maintenant c’est chacun pour soi.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chacun pour soi"?
"chacun pour soi" is spelled C-H-A-C-U-N- -P-O-U-R- -S-O-I. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃa.kœ̃ puʁ swa\.
What does "chacun pour soi" mean?
As an adverb, "chacun pour soi" means: Dans un but personnel et égoïste.
How do you pronounce "chacun pour soi"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chacun pour soi" is \ʃa.kœ̃ puʁ swa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chacun pour soi" come from?
"chacun pour soi" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list