chimère
The verdict
“chimère” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #25,587 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #25,587
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
Dominant Wiktionary sense: Figure imaginaire représentant un animal fabuleux à buste de lion à ventre de chèvre et à queue de serpent.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chimère |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃi.mɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #25,587 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chimère” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for chimère is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʃi.mɛʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #25,587 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for chimère, with forms such as "cchimère", "chhimère", and "chimere". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "chimie", "Crimée", "critère", 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 chimère, spelled C-H-I-M-È-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Figure imaginaire représentant un animal fabuleux à buste de lion à ventre de chèvre et à queue de serpent.
- 2Toute créature composée de parties de différents animaux.
- 3Sculpture mythique ou grotesque qui orne un bâtiment.
- 4Individu qui possède deux génotypes différents, provenant de deux zygotes différents ou plus (qui peuvent être d’espèces différentes). À ne pas confondre avec un hybride.
- 5Organisme greffé composé de tissus de génotypes différents.
- 6Poisson marin vivant dans les abysses de la sous-classe des holocéphales en classification classique.
- 7Projet vain, impossible ; utopie.
- 8Meuble représentant dans les armoiries un être fabuleux à corps de lion et tête et buste de femme. Se blasonne comme la lionne.
Synonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cchimère,chhimère,chimere,chimmère,chimrèe,chimèer,chimèrre,chièmre,chmière,cihmère,hcimère
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chimère — measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "chimère"
Frequency rank: #25,587 in French
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Using “chimère”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-H-I-M-È-R-E — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʃi.mɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “chimie” — see the side-by-side comparison. chimère vs chimie
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Nearby French words
Other entries that begin with the letter C in our French index: