demandeur d’emploi

\də.mɑ̃.dœʁ d‿ɑ̃.plwa\

/\də.mɑ̃.dœʁ d‿ɑ̃.plwa\/ noun

The verdict

“demandeur d’emploi” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
18
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Personne qui recherche un emploi, chômeur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-demandeur-d-emploi · demandeur d’emploi · French

demandeur d’emploi · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 18 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "D" 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.

Key facts for demandeur d’emploi
PropertyValue
Headworddemandeur d’emploi
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\də.mɑ̃.dœʁ d‿ɑ̃.plwa\
Letters18
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “demandeur d’emploi” sits in French frequency

demandeur d’emploi falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

demandeur d’emploi is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \də.mɑ̃.dœʁ d‿ɑ̃.plwa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne qui recherche un emploi, chômeur.".

demandeur d’emploi doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is demandeur d’emploi, spelled D-E-M-A-N-D-E-U-R- -D-’-E-M-P-L-O-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne qui recherche un emploi, chômeur.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "demandeur d’emploi"?
"demandeur d’emploi" is spelled D-E-M-A-N-D-E-U-R- -D-’-E-M-P-L-O-I. The IPA pronunciation is \də.mɑ̃.dœʁ d‿ɑ̃.plwa\.
What does "demandeur d’emploi" mean?
As a noun, "demandeur d’emploi" means: Personne qui recherche un emploi, chômeur.
How do you pronounce "demandeur d’emploi"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "demandeur d’emploi" is \də.mɑ̃.dœʁ d‿ɑ̃.plwa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list