chômedu

\ʃom.dy\

/\ʃom.dy\/ noun

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonyme de chômage.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chomedu · chômedu · French

chômedu · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 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 chômedu
PropertyValue
Headwordchômedu
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃom.dy\
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « chômedu » en français

chômedureste 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

chômedu is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃom.dy\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for chômedu, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 chômedu, spelled C-H-Ô-M-E-D-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Synonyme de chômage.
  2. 2
    Chômeur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Alors voilà, le Vieux est positivement au chômedu. Il l’ignore encore pour quelques minutes. Laissons-les-lui. Cinq minutes de vie, c’est bon à prendre, a dit Giraudoux.
  2. Ajoute à ça qu’on est au chômedu, qu’y a beau temps qu’on baise plus avec son bonhomme, ni avec quiconque, qu’on a quarante-sept berges et aucun espoir de rivière entre elles.

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 "chômedu"?
"chômedu" is spelled C-H-Ô-M-E-D-U. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃom.dy\.
What does "chômedu" mean?
As a noun, "chômedu" means: Synonyme de chômage.
How do you pronounce "chômedu"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chômedu" is \ʃom.dy\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chômedu" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list