chums
\tʃɔm\
The verdict
“chums” is uncommon French (frequency #56,490 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,490
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de chum.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chums · chums · French
chums · rank #56,490 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,490
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH chimérique
Nearest frequency peer: chimérique (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « chums »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- chies
chies
43,514 corpus weight
- chieuse
chieuse
43,513 corpus weight
- chimérique
chimérique
43,512 corpus weight
- chums
chums
43,511 corpus weight
- civiliser
civiliser
43,510 corpus weight
- clouds
clouds
43,508 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « chums » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chums |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tʃɔm\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #56,490 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « chums » en français
Rare enough to double-check
chums is uncommon French at frequency #56,490 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \tʃɔm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de chum.".
Zero misspellings are on record for chums in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is chums, spelled C-H-U-M-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de chum.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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