Which to use
“cheminées” and “chemises” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,957
- “cheminées” frequency rank
- #11,539
- “chemises” frequency rank
- 30496
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cheminées | chemises |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de cheminée. | Pluriel de chemise. |
Where the eye mixes cheminées and chemises
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. cheminées runs 9 letters (CCVCVCVVC) against chemises's 8 (CCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between cheminées and chemises
A purely visual mix-up. cheminées (\ʃə.mi.ne\) and chemises (\ʃə.miz\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30496, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cheminées is recorded at frequency rank #18,957, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʃə.mi.ne\. chemises is at rank #11,539, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʃə.miz\.
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 30496, this pair ranks #309,938 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cheminées vs chemises
Shared letters: cehims. Private to "cheminées": né. Private to "chemises": -.
"cheminées" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVVC · "chemises" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- chemises ← cchemises · cehmises · cheimses · chemiess · chemisess · chemisses · chemmises · chemsies
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "cheminées" and "chemises" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "cheminées" vs "chemises" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "cheminées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chemises" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #309,938 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cheminées" and "chemises" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chemine vs cheminées". 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 #309,938 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.