checksum

\tʃɛk.sœm\

/\tʃɛk.sœm\/ noun

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The verdict

“checksum” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Somme de contrôle.

Corpus desk

Index FR-checksum · checksum · French

checksum · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 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 checksum
PropertyValue
Headwordchecksum
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tʃɛk.sœm\
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “checksum” sits in French frequency

checksum falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Rare enough to double-check

checksum is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tʃɛk.sœm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Somme de contrôle.".

checksum has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is checksum, spelled C-H-E-C-K-S-U-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Somme de contrôle.

Synonyms

empreinte

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "checksum"?
"checksum" is spelled C-H-E-C-K-S-U-M. The IPA pronunciation is \tʃɛk.sœm\.
What does "checksum" mean?
As a noun, "checksum" means: Somme de contrôle.
How do you pronounce "checksum"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "checksum" is \tʃɛk.sœm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list