chambre de ménage
\ʃɑ̃bʁ də menaʒ\
The verdict
“chambre de ménage” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pièce d’une habitation où l’on vit habituellement, servant entre autres aux loisirs, aux relations sociales.
| 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) |
Where “chambre de ménage” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for chambre de ménage is 17 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʃɑ̃bʁ də menaʒ\. 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: "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.
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.
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Using “chambre de ménage”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-H-A-M-B-R-E- -D-E- -M-É-N-A-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.