tout un chacun
\tu.t‿œ̃ ʃa.kœ̃\
The verdict
“tout un chacun” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a pronoun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - N’importe qui, tout le monde, tout quidam.
| 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) |
Where “tout un chacun” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for tout un chacun is 14 letters long, classified as a pronoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tu.t‿œ̃ ʃa.kœ̃\. 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: "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.
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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.
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Using “tout un chacun”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-O-U-T- -U-N- -C-H-A-C-U-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \tu.t‿œ̃ ʃa.kœ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.