chemise

\ʃə.miz\

/\ʃə.miz\/ noun

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The verdict

“chemise” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,224. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,224
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vêtement en linge ou en laine qu’on porte sur la chair, couvrant le buste et les bras.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chemise · chemise · French

chemise · rank #5,224 · 10 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,224
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chaussée

Nearest frequency peer: chaussée (-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 « chemise »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « chemise » 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).

chemise vs chimie
71% similar
chemise vs chérie
57% similar
chemise vs chéris
57% similar

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

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)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chemise »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).chemisese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « chaussée » (#5,223), « Chirurgie » (#5,225), « chasseurs » (#5,222). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chemise » est au #5,224. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around chemise (IPA \ʃə.miz\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,224 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for chemise, with forms such as "cchemise", "cehmise", and "cheimse". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "chimie", "chérie", "chéris", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is chemise, spelled C-H-E-M-I-S-E.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Chacune a quitté, pour se mettre à l’aise, La fine chemise au frais parfum d’ambre, La plus jeune étend les bras, et se cambre.
  2. Yasmina, toujours triste et silencieuse, passait toutes ses journées à coudre de grossières chemises de toile.

Synonyms

limaceliquette

This word in other languages

shirt(English)camisa(Español)Hemd(Deutsch)camisa(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cchemise
  • cehmise
  • cheimse
  • chemies
  • chemisse
  • chemmise
  • chemsie
  • chhemise
  • chmeise
  • hcemise

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chemise - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

cchemise1cehmise2cheimse2chemies2chemisse1chemmise1chemsie2chhemise1
Edit distance from "chemise"

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 "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?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

colonie#5,229censure#5,218donnait#5,238emploie#5,240

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

chaussée10 variantsétendue10 variantsépaules10 variantsélevage10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list