chemineau
\ʃə.mi.no\
The verdict
“chemineau” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ouvrier qui parcourt les campagnes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chemineau · chemineau · French
chemineau · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | chemineau |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃə.mi.no\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « chemineau » en français
Rare enough to double-check
chemineau is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃə.mi.no\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for chemineau in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is chemineau, spelled C-H-E-M-I-N-E-A-U.
Definition
- 1Ouvrier qui parcourt les campagnes.
- 2Vagabond, rôdeur, qui vit de petites besognes, d’aumônes ou de larcins.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chemineau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Comme le chemineau chemine, le trottin trottine.
Notre voisin, enrhumé et doux, secoué d’éternuements en série, ne manquait pas de déguiser ses cerisiers en vieux chemineaux et coiffait ses groseilliers de gibus poilus.
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.