chamailleur
\ʃa.ma.jœʁ\
The verdict
“chamailleur” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui se chamaille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chamailleur · chamailleur · French
chamailleur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | chamailleur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʃa.ma.jœʁ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « chamailleur » en français
Rare enough to double-check
chamailleur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʃa.ma.jœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui se chamaille.".
Zero misspellings are on record for chamailleur in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is chamailleur, spelled C-H-A-M-A-I-L-L-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Qui se chamaille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chamailleur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Comme les Gaulois, les ratons-laveurs péquenauds, infantiles, rondouillards, chamailleurs, sont envahis par une civilisation urbaine impérialiste.
Les feuillages touffus des arbres, dans le jardin, étaient piquetés de cris d’oiseaux chamailleurs.
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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.