taux de chômage
\to də ʃo.maʒ\
The verdict
“taux de chômage” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pourcentage de la population active qui est chômeur ou chômeuse, c’est-à-dire sans emploi et en recherche active d’un emploi.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | taux de chômage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \to də ʃo.maʒ\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “taux de chômage” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
taux de chômage is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \to də ʃo.maʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pourcentage de la population active qui est chômeur ou chômeuse, c’est-à-dire sans emploi et en recherche active d’un emploi.".
taux de chômage doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is taux de chômage, spelled T-A-U-X- -D-E- -C-H-Ô-M-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Pourcentage de la population active qui est chômeur ou chômeuse, c’est-à-dire sans emploi et en recherche active d’un emploi.
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 “taux de chômage”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-A-U-X- -D-E- -C-H-Ô-M-A-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \to də ʃo.maʒ\ (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.