cumulard

\ky.my.laʁ\

/\ky.my.laʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“cumulard” is uncommon French (frequency #98,934 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,934
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui cumule les emplois, fonctions, salaires, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cumulard · cumulard · French

cumulard · rank #98,934 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #98,934
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cultivar

Nearest frequency peer: cultivar (-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 « cumulard »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « cumulard » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cumulard
PropertyValue
Headwordcumulard
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ky.my.laʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#98,934
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « cumulard » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.cumulardtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « cultivar » (#98,933), « cuise » (#98,932), « crétoise » (#98,930). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cumulard » est au #98,934. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cumulard is uncommon French at frequency #98,934 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ky.my.laʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Celui qui cumule les emplois, fonctions, salaires, etc.".

cumulard doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is cumulard, spelled C-U-M-U-L-A-R-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celui qui cumule les emplois, fonctions, salaires, etc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On parle des politiciens cumulards mais que dire de ceux qui sont dans de multiples conseils d'administration ?!
  2. « Je suis un cumulard et je le revendique », dit Jean-Claude Phlypo, administrateur général de la Société régionale wallonne du transport. Par contre, quand en octobre 2000, La Dernière heure lui demande le montant de son salaire, il répond : « Je préfère le garder sous silence. »

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cumulard"?
"cumulard" is spelled C-U-M-U-L-A-R-D. The IPA pronunciation is \ky.my.laʁ\.
What does "cumulard" mean?
As a noun, "cumulard" means: Celui qui cumule les emplois, fonctions, salaires, etc.
How do you pronounce "cumulard"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cumulard" is \ky.my.laʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cumulard", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list