sans-emploi
\sɑ̃.zɑ̃.plwa\
The verdict
“sans-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
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chômeur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sans-emploi · sans-emploi · French
sans-emploi · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | sans-emploi |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɑ̃.zɑ̃.plwa\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « sans-emploi » en français
Rare enough to double-check
sans-emploi is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɑ̃.zɑ̃.plwa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Chômeur.".
Zero misspellings are on record for sans-emploi in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is sans-emploi, spelled S-A-N-S---E-M-P-L-O-I.
Definition
- 1Chômeur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sans-emploi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Seigneur, nous le savons, cela coûte cher en temps, en intelligence, en argent, de sauver de la misère les sans-logis et les sans-pain, les sans-école, les sans-soins et les sans-emploi.
Le parc servait de refuge à une faune diverse, mais deux espèces dominantes y régnaient : les fonctionnaires de l’administration qui se posaient ici quelques instants avant de reprendre leur course, et les sans-abri, sans-emploi, sans-famille, sans-argent mais rarement sans-couleur, qui occupaient sinon les mêmes bancs, du moins ceux d’à côté.
Synonyms
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.