chaîne alimentaire

\ʃɛ.n‿a.li.mɑ̃.tɛʁ\

/\ʃɛ.n‿a.li.mɑ̃.tɛʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“chaîne alimentaire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
18
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Succession d’espèces vivantes dont chacun se nourrit de la précédente.

Key facts for chaîne alimentaire
PropertyValue
Headwordchaîne alimentaire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃɛ.n‿a.li.mɑ̃.tɛʁ\
Letters18
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “chaîne alimentaire” sits in French frequency

chaîne alimentaire falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

chaîne alimentaire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃɛ.n‿a.li.mɑ̃.tɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Succession d’espèces vivantes dont chacun se nourrit de la précédente.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for chaîne alimentaire in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is chaîne alimentaire, spelled C-H-A-Î-N-E- -A-L-I-M-E-N-T-A-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Succession d’espèces vivantes dont chacun se nourrit de la précédente.

This word in other languages

food chain(English)Nahrungskette(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chaîne alimentaire"?
"chaîne alimentaire" is spelled C-H-A-Î-N-E- -A-L-I-M-E-N-T-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃɛ.n‿a.li.mɑ̃.tɛʁ\.
What does "chaîne alimentaire" mean?
As a noun, "chaîne alimentaire" means: Succession d’espèces vivantes dont chacun se nourrit de la précédente.
How do you pronounce "chaîne alimentaire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chaîne alimentaire" is \ʃɛ.n‿a.li.mɑ̃.tɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chaîne alimentaire" come from?
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Using “chaîne alimentaire”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is C-H-A-Î-N-E- -A-L-I-M-E-N-T-A-I-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ʃɛ.n‿a.li.mɑ̃.tɛʁ\ (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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list