tout un chacun
\tu.t‿œ̃ ʃa.kœ̃\
The verdict
“tout un chacun” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - N’importe qui, tout le monde, tout quidam.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tout-un-chacun · tout un chacun · French
tout un chacun · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | tout un chacun |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | \tu.t‿œ̃ ʃa.kœ̃\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tout un chacun » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tout un chacun is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as apronoun, transcribed \tu.t‿œ̃ ʃa.kœ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "N’importe qui, tout le monde, tout quidam.".
No misspelling variants are generated for tout un chacun in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is tout un chacun, spelled T-O-U-T- -U-N- -C-H-A-C-U-N.
Definition
- 1N’importe qui, tout le monde, tout quidam.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tout un chacun appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ainsi tout un chacun pouvait vous approcher.
Du temps que j’étais fille, dit la mère Chapdelaine, c’était quasiment tout un chacun qui partait pour les États.
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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.