chemin
[ʃə.mɛ̃]
The verdict
“chemin” is uncommon German (frequency #77,807 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,807
- frequency rank, German
- 1,273
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Spur, über die man von einem Ort zum anderen gelangen kann; Weg
Corpus desk
Index DE-chemin · chemin · German
chemin · rank #77,807 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,807
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,273
- PHOTO-FINISH charakteristi…
Nearest frequency peer: charakteristischer (-1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „chemin“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- cavalli
cavalli
22,196 corpus weight
- charakteris…
charakteristischer
22,195 corpus weight
- chemin
chemin
22,194 corpus weight
- choices
choices
22,193 corpus weight
- Choreograf
Choreograf
22,192 corpus weight
- chou
chou
22,191 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „chemin“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chemin |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃə.mɛ̃] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #77,807 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „chemin“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
chemin is uncommon German at frequency #77,807 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʃə.mɛ̃]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for chemin in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is chemin, spelled C-H-E-M-I-N.
Definition
- 1Spur, über die man von einem Ort zum anderen gelangen kann; Weg
- 2Entfernung, die zwischen zwei Punkten zurückgelegt werden muss; Strecke
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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