demi-clochard
\də.mi.klɔ.ʃaʁ\
The verdict
“demi-clochard” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne en voie de clochardisation ou ayant l'apparence d'un clochard.
Corpus desk
Index FR-demi-clochard · demi-clochard · French
demi-clochard · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | demi-clochard |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \də.mi.klɔ.ʃaʁ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « demi-clochard » en français
Rare enough to double-check
demi-clochard is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \də.mi.klɔ.ʃaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne en voie de clochardisation ou ayant l'apparence d'un clochard.".
demi-clochard has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is demi-clochard, spelled D-E-M-I---C-L-O-C-H-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1Personne en voie de clochardisation ou ayant l'apparence d'un clochard.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how demi-clochard appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
À cette époque, l’entrée de la salle était libre ; beaucoup de maniaques et de demi-clochards s’y réfugiaient ; ils monologuaient, chantonnaient, grignotaient des croûtons ; il y en avait un qui se promenait de long en large, coiffé d’un chapeau de papier.
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.