cheminant

\ʃə.mi.nɑ̃\

/\ʃə.mi.nɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“cheminant” is uncommon French (frequency #80,984 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,984
frequency rank, French
257,141
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Personne qui se déplace sur un chemin réel ou spirituel.

Key facts for cheminant
PropertyValue
Headwordcheminant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃə.mi.nɑ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#80,984
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “cheminant” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). cheminant lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cheminant is uncommon French at frequency #80,984 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃə.mi.nɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne qui se déplace sur un chemin réel ou spirituel.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cheminant, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is cheminant, spelled C-H-E-M-I-N-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne qui se déplace sur un chemin réel ou spirituel.

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 "cheminant"?
"cheminant" is spelled C-H-E-M-I-N-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃə.mi.nɑ̃\.
What does "cheminant" mean?
As a noun, "cheminant" means: Personne qui se déplace sur un chemin réel ou spirituel.
How do you pronounce "cheminant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cheminant" is \ʃə.mi.nɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cheminant" come from?
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Using “cheminant”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is C-H-E-M-I-N-A-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ʃə.mi.nɑ̃\ (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

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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