cheminement

\ʃə.min.mɑ̃\

/\ʃə.min.mɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“cheminement” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,832. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,832
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de cheminer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cheminement · cheminement · French

cheminement · rank #15,832 · 17 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #15,832
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chase

Nearest frequency peer: chase (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « cheminement »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « cheminement » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cheminement vs Chevènement
73% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for cheminement
PropertyValue
Headwordcheminement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃə.min.mɑ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#15,832
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cheminement »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).cheminementse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « chase » (#15,831), « cheveu » (#15,833), « choisissant » (#15,834). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cheminement » est au #15,832. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around cheminement (IPA \ʃə.min.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,832 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for cheminement, with forms such as "ccheminement", "cehminement", and "cheimnement". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Chevènement", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is cheminement, spelled C-H-E-M-I-N-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de cheminer.
  2. 2
    Marche progressive des travaux offensifs d’un siège.
  3. 3
    Itinéraire.
  4. 4
    Déplacement des astres dans l’espace.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cette négation de la distance (dont le maître-mot est le rapprochement) doit en effet être considérée comme l’inverse de la conception médiévale, dans laquelle c’est l’épreuve de la distance qui fait le sens spatial des lieux : la distance n’existe pas en soi, mais uniquement dans le cheminement – lequel ne relie pas deux points mais en construit la dista…
  2. Le cheminement des mineurs vers la place.

This word in other languages

progress(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccheminement
  • cehminement
  • cheimnement
  • chemienment
  • chemineemnt
  • cheminemennt
  • cheminementt
  • cheminemetn
  • cheminemment
  • cheminemnet
  • cheminmeent
  • cheminnement
  • chemminement
  • chemniement
  • chheminement
  • chmeinement
  • hceminement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cheminement - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccheminement1cehminement2cheimnement2chemienment2chemineemnt2cheminemennt1cheminementt1cheminemetn2
Edit distance from "cheminement"

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 "cheminement"?
"cheminement" is spelled C-H-E-M-I-N-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃə.min.mɑ̃\.
What does "cheminement" mean?
As a noun, "cheminement" means: Action de cheminer.
What words are commonly confused with "cheminement"?
"cheminement" is commonly confused with "Chevènement". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cheminement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cheminement" is \ʃə.min.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cheminement" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

choisissant#15,834contrefaçon#15,840convaincant#15,841auxiliaires#15,808

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

déguisement17 variantsalternatifs17 variantstardivement17 variantsinterprétée17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list