Chemie

\çeˈmiː\

/\çeˈmiː\/ noun

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The verdict

“Chemie” is uncommon French (frequency #78,257 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,257
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chimie : science et branche d’études.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chemie · Chemie · French

Chemie · rank #78,257 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,257
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cheer

Nearest frequency peer: cheer (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Chemie »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Chemie » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Chemie
PropertyValue
HeadwordChemie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\çeˈmiː\
Letters6
Frequency rank#78,257
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Chemie » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Chemietombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « cheer » (#78,256), « chevauchements » (#78,258), « Charolles » (#78,255). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « Chemie » est au #78,257. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Chemie is uncommon French at frequency #78,257 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \çeˈmiː\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Chemie, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Chemie, spelled C-H-E-M-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Chimie : science et branche d’études.
  2. 2
    Chimie : comportement chimique et étude d’une substance ou d’une catégorie de substances.
  3. 3
    Alchimie, chimie, aussi au sens figuré : compatibilité, complicité entre personnes.
  4. 4
    Chimie : présence de produits chimiques ou transformation chimique artificielle perçue comme malsaine, polluante ou autrement néfaste (à raison ou par chimiophobie).
  5. 5
    Chimie : formulation chimique pour une application spécifique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Chemie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ein anderes Mal entdeckte (Alexander von Humboldt) weißes Pulver in seinem Essen. Er verstand genug von Chemie, um zu erkennen, daß es Rattengift war. Mit zitternden Händen schob er den Teller weg.
  2. Die Chemie der Amidine wurde grundlegend durch Adolf Pinner (1842–1909) erforscht.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Chemie"?
"Chemie" is spelled C-H-E-M-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \çeˈmiː\.
What does "Chemie" mean?
As a noun, "Chemie" means: Chimie : science et branche d’études.
How do you pronounce "Chemie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Chemie" is \çeˈmiː\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Chemie" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Chemie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

chicos#78,262Challe#78,251chiner#78,264choyés#78,266

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list