alchimie

/\al.ʃi.mi\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#18,929

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

alchimie is aFrenchnoun. It means: Science occulte et chimérique qui consistait surtout dans la recherche d’un remède universel et d’un moyen propre à opérer la transmutation des métaux. Pronounced \al.ʃi.mi\. Often confused with alchimiste.

Key facts for alchimie
PropertyValue
Headwordalchimie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\al.ʃi.mi\
Letters8
Frequency rank#18,929
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of alchimie in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for alchimie is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \al.ʃi.mi\. Corpus data places it at rank #18,929 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for alchimie, with forms such as "aclhimie", "alcchimie", and "alchhimie". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "alchimiste", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is alchimie, spelled A-L-C-H-I-M-I-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Science occulte et chimérique qui consistait surtout dans la recherche d’un remède universel et d’un moyen propre à opérer la transmutation des métaux.
  2. 2
    Métal ou substance de composition alchimique.
  3. 3
    Accord particulièrement profond entre des personnes.
  4. 4
    Intrigue, manigance.
  5. 5
    Activité complexe, plus ou moins mystérieuse.
  6. 6
    Activité qui transforme la matière en créant des richesses.
  7. 7
    Activité qui paraît invraisemblable, irréalisable.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aclhimie,alcchimie,alchhimie,alchiime,alchimei,alchimmie,alchmiie,alcihmie,alhcimie,allchimie,lachimie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for alchimie

Misspelling Variants of "alchimie"

aclhimie8alcchimie9alchhimie9alchiime8alchimei8alchimmie9alchmiie8alcihmie8
Misspelling Variants of "alchimie"

Frequency rank: #18,929 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "alchimie"?
"alchimie" is spelled A-L-C-H-I-M-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \al.ʃi.mi\.
What does "alchimie" mean?
As a noun, "alchimie" means: Science occulte et chimérique qui consistait surtout dans la recherche d’un remède universel et d’un moyen propre à opérer la transmutation des métaux.
What words are commonly confused with "alchimie"?
"alchimie" is commonly confused with "alchimiste". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "alchimie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alchimie" is \al.ʃi.mi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alchimie" come from?
"alchimie" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.