chimie

\ʃi.mi\

/\ʃi.mi\/ noun

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The verdict

“chimie” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,218. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,218
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Science qui étudie la composition et les réactions de la matière. La chimie est l’étude des transformations de la matière par opposition à la physique qui est l’étude des états de la matière.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chimie · chimie · French

chimie · rank #4,218 · 8 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,218
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chauffeur

Nearest frequency peer: chauffeur (-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 « chimie »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « chimie » 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).

chimie vs cime
67% similar
chimie vs crime
67% similar
chimie vs Crimée
50% similar

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

Key facts for chimie
PropertyValue
Headwordchimie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃi.mi\
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,218
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chimie »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.chimiese 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 « chauffeur » (#4,217), « cinquante » (#4,219), « catholiques » (#4,216). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chimie » est au #4,218. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around chimie (IPA \ʃi.mi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,218 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for chimie, with forms such as "cchimie", "chhimie", and "chiime". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "cime", "crime", "Crimée", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is chimie, spelled C-H-I-M-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Science qui étudie la composition et les réactions de la matière. La chimie est l’étude des transformations de la matière par opposition à la physique qui est l’étude des états de la matière.
  2. 2
    Étude d’une molécule ou d’un groupe de molécules.
  3. 3
    Mélange plus ou moins bien défini de substances diverses.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La chimie agricole est une science appelée à rendre d'immenses services aux cultivateurs. Elle a pour objet l'étude des terrains; […].
  2. […], on peut se convaincre que la détermination du meilleur alliage ne se fit pas sans essais nombreux ; la chimie, peu avancée, procédait par tâtonnements, et cette méthode était aussi longue que coûteuse.

This word in other languages

chemistry(English)química(Español)Chemie(Deutsch)química(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cchimie
  • chhimie
  • chiime
  • chimei
  • chimmie
  • chmiie
  • cihmie
  • hcimie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chimie - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

cchimie1chhimie1chiime2chimei2chimmie1chmiie2cihmie2hcimie2
Edit distance from "chimie"

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 "chimie"?
"chimie" is spelled C-H-I-M-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃi.mi\.
What does "chimie" mean?
As a noun, "chimie" means: Science qui étudie la composition et les réactions de la matière. La chimie est l’étude des transformations de la matière par opposition à la physique qui est l’étude des états de la matière.
What words are commonly confused with "chimie"?
"chimie" is commonly confused with "cime", "crime", "Crimée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chimie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chimie" is \ʃi.mi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chimie" come from?
"chimie" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

carton#4,215benoît#4,212basket#4,211dégâts#4,228

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

fautes8 variantsworld8 variantstrône8 variantsmères8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list