scoumoune
\sku.mun\
The verdict
“scoumoune” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Malchance durable ; mauvais œil.
Corpus desk
Index FR-scoumoune · scoumoune · French
scoumoune · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | scoumoune |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sku.mun\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
scoumoune is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sku.mun\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Malchance durable ; mauvais œil.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for scoumoune, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is scoumoune, spelled S-C-O-U-M-O-U-N-E.
Definition
- 1Malchance durable ; mauvais œil.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how scoumoune appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Rien à voir, le vicelard dans la pègre, pour situer les choses en gros, c’est celui qui louvoie, […] celui qui sait mener les bonnes embrouilles, qui manœuvre pour s’en sortir… s’arracher à la scoumoune.
Il retrace les méandres, les scoumounes qui ont conduit ces grands enfants du malaise collectif à ces cellules réglementaires de 3 x 3 mètres. Dire les maux avec mots, ceux de Djamel, David, Laurent, Séfia, Frédéric, Damien, etc.
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.