manteau de cheminée
\mɑ̃.to də ʃə.mi.ne\
The verdict
“manteau de cheminée” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Meuble en forme de U inversé qui habille une cheminée, avec notamment une console au-dessus de l'âtre.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | manteau de cheminée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɑ̃.to də ʃə.mi.ne\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “manteau de cheminée” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
manteau de cheminée is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɑ̃.to də ʃə.mi.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Meuble en forme de U inversé qui habille une cheminée, avec notamment une console au-dessus de l'âtre.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for manteau de cheminée in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is manteau de cheminée, spelled M-A-N-T-E-A-U- -D-E- -C-H-E-M-I-N-É-E.
Definition
- 1Meuble en forme de U inversé qui habille une cheminée, avec notamment une console au-dessus de l'âtre.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “manteau de cheminée”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-A-N-T-E-A-U- -D-E- -C-H-E-M-I-N-É-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \mɑ̃.to də ʃə.mi.ne\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.