sans-emploi
\sɑ̃.zɑ̃.plwa\
The verdict
“sans-emploi” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Chômeur.
| 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) |
Where “sans-emploi” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for sans-emploi is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sɑ̃.zɑ̃.plwa\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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.
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Using “sans-emploi”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-A-N-S---E-M-P-L-O-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sɑ̃.zɑ̃.plwa\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.