chômiste
\ʃo.mist\
The verdict
“chômiste” 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 September 3, 2026) - Chômeur, en particulier de longue durée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chomiste · chômiste · French
chômiste · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | chômiste |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃo.mist\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « chômiste » en français
Rare enough to double-check
chômiste is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃo.mist\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Chômeur, en particulier de longue durée.".
Zero misspellings are on record for chômiste in our index, 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is chômiste, spelled C-H-Ô-M-I-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1Chômeur, en particulier de longue durée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how chômiste appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Chez d'autres employeurs, il a essayé de parler immédiatement de son infirmité : pas plus de succès. Yannick est donc redevenu «chômiste».
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.