chambre de ménage
\ʃɑ̃bʁ də menaʒ\
The verdict
“chambre de ménage” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pièce d’une habitation où l’on vit habituellement, servant entre autres aux loisirs, aux relations sociales.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chambre-de-menage · chambre de ménage · French
chambre de ménage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | chambre de ménage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃɑ̃bʁ də menaʒ\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
chambre de ménage is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃɑ̃bʁ də menaʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pièce d’une habitation où l’on vit habituellement, servant entre autres aux loisirs, aux relations sociales.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for chambre de ménage, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is chambre de ménage, spelled C-H-A-M-B-R-E- -D-E- -M-É-N-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Pièce d’une habitation où l’on vit habituellement, servant entre autres aux loisirs, aux relations sociales.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chambre de ménage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En conséquence il nous était plus facile, et plus agréable aussi, de nous tenir à l’écart dans la chambre de ménage où nous avions repris nos jeux ordinaires, ou de retrouver les dehors où une belle neige peut-être nous attendait.
J’imaginais son intrusion, un soir, après le souper, dans la chambre de ménage, où Madame aurait vivement retiré son tablier.
Synonyms
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.