Which to use
“cheminée” is a noun and “cheminer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,671
- “cheminée” frequency rank
- #44,366
- “cheminer” frequency rank
- 53037
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cheminée | cheminer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Construction abritant un âtre, où l’on fait du feu, et comportant un conduit pour donner issue à la fumée. | Marcher, aller, faire du chemin pour arriver quelque part. |
Same sound, different letters: cheminée vs cheminer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. cheminée (CCVCVCVV) and cheminer (CCVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - cheminée and cheminer
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: cheminée and cheminer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʃə.mi.ne\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53037, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cheminée is recorded at frequency rank #8,671, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʃə.mi.ne\. cheminer is at rank #44,366, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʃə.mi.ne\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 53037, this pair ranks #143,519 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cheminée vs cheminer
Shared letters: cehimn. Private to "cheminée": é. Private to "cheminer": r.
"cheminée" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVV · "cheminer" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- cheminer ← ccheminer · cehminer · cheimner · chemienr · cheminerr · cheminner · cheminre · chemminer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cheminée" and "cheminer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "cheminée" or "cheminer"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "cheminée" / "cheminer". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "cheminée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cheminer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #143,519 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cheminée" and "cheminer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chemine vs cheminer". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #143,519 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.