chef de service

\ʃɛf də sɛʁ.vis\

/\ʃɛf də sɛʁ.vis\/ noun

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The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Personne chargée de la direction d’un service au sein d’une entreprise ou d’une administration.

Key facts for chef de service
PropertyValue
Headwordchef de service
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃɛf də sɛʁ.vis\
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “chef de service” sits in French frequency

chef de service 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

chef de service is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃɛf də sɛʁ.vis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne chargée de la direction d’un service au sein d’une entreprise ou d’une administration.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for chef de service, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is chef de service, spelled C-H-E-F- -D-E- -S-E-R-V-I-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne chargée de la direction d’un service au sein d’une entreprise ou d’une administration.

This word in other languages

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chef de service"?
"chef de service" is spelled C-H-E-F- -D-E- -S-E-R-V-I-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃɛf də sɛʁ.vis\.
What does "chef de service" mean?
As a noun, "chef de service" means: Personne chargée de la direction d’un service au sein d’une entreprise ou d’une administration.
How do you pronounce "chef de service"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chef de service" is \ʃɛf də sɛʁ.vis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chef de service" come from?
"chef de service" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “chef de service”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is C-H-E-F- -D-E- -S-E-R-V-I-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ʃɛf də sɛʁ.vis\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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