chemise

/\ʃə.miz\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,224

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

chemise is aFrenchnoun. It means: Vêtement en linge ou en laine qu’on porte sur la chair, couvrant le buste et les bras. Pronounced \ʃə.miz\. It ranks #5,224 in French word frequency. Often confused with chimie and chérie.

Key facts for chemise
PropertyValue
Headwordchemise
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃə.miz\
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,224
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of chemise in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for chemise is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʃə.miz\. Corpus data places it at rank #5,224 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for chemise, with forms such as "cchemise", "cehmise", and "cheimse". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "chimie", "chérie", "chéris", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is chemise, spelled C-H-E-M-I-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vêtement en linge ou en laine qu’on porte sur la chair, couvrant le buste et les bras.
  2. 2
    Morceau de toile qui sert d’enveloppe à certaines marchandises, telles que la soie, le drap, etc.
  3. 3
    Feuille de papier qui renferme et qui couvre d’autres papiers.
  4. 4
    Crépi, revêtement de maçonnerie, enveloppe de mortier, etc.
  5. 5
    Enveloppe d’un aliment pour le cuire ou le présenter.
  6. 6
    Cylindre creux de métal qui, introduit dans une lumière, en ajuste l’alésage.
  7. 7
    Mur de protection entourant un élément fortifié.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cchemise,cehmise,cheimse,chemies,chemisse,chemmise,chemsie,chhemise,chmeise,hcemise

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for chemise

Misspelling Variants of "chemise"

cchemise8cehmise7cheimse7chemies7chemisse8chemmise8chemsie7chhemise8
Misspelling Variants of "chemise"

Frequency rank: #5,224 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chemise"?
"chemise" is spelled C-H-E-M-I-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃə.miz\.
What does "chemise" mean?
As a noun, "chemise" means: Vêtement en linge ou en laine qu’on porte sur la chair, couvrant le buste et les bras.
What words are commonly confused with "chemise"?
"chemise" is commonly confused with "chimie", "chérie", "chéris". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chemise"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chemise" is \ʃə.miz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chemise" come from?
"chemise" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.