chômedu
\ʃom.dy\
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chômedu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃom.dy\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « chômedu » en français
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
- 1Synonyme de chômage.
- 2Chômeur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chômedu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
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.