kemi

noun

The verdict

“kemi” is uncommon French (frequency #93,942 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,942
frequency rank, French
737
“K” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-kemi · kemi · French

kemi · rank #93,942 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,942
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 737
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kansai

Nearest frequency peer: Kansai (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « kemi »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « kemi » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for kemi
PropertyValue
Headwordkemi
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#93,942
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « kemi » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).kemitombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Kansai » (#93,941), « kalla » (#93,940), « kalach » (#93,939). Parmi 737 lemmes en « K », « kemi » est au #93,942. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

kemi is uncommon French at frequency #93,942 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Chimie.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for kemi, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is kemi, spelled K-E-M-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Chimie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Kemist kallas han som sysslar med kemi.

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 "kemi"?
"kemi" is spelled K-E-M-I.
What does "kemi" mean?
As a noun, "kemi" means: Chimie.
What language does "kemi" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list