chougneur
\ʃu.ŋœʁ\
The verdict
“chougneur” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui aime à se plaindre en gémissant ou en geignant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chougneur · chougneur · French
chougneur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | chougneur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃu.ŋœʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « chougneur » en français
Rare enough to double-check
chougneur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃu.ŋœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Celui qui aime à se plaindre en gémissant ou en geignant.".
Zero misspellings are on record for chougneur in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 chougneur, spelled C-H-O-U-G-N-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Celui qui aime à se plaindre en gémissant ou en geignant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chougneur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Qu'a-t-il à faire d'un gaffeur, d'un chougneur qui exécute tout de travers ! Je me hais de ne pas savoir me faire aimer. Je suis esclave bégayant comme on est chien ou chat.
Hier, au Centre Rachi, le chougneur Bernard-Henri Lévy a donné une conférence « Barbie, Bardèche, Verges, Le Pen et quelques autres : le retour des fantômes ». Il a dû, je suppose, me compter parmi les « quelques autres ».
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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.