Which to use
“chimiste” and “chimistes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,831
- “chimiste” frequency rank
- #34,023
- “chimistes” frequency rank
- 50854
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chimiste | chimistes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celui, celle qui s’occupe de chimie. | Pluriel de chimiste. |
Same sound, different letters: chimiste vs chimistes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. chimiste runs 8 letters (CCVCVCCV) against chimistes's 9 (CCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - chimiste and chimistes
This is the hard kind. chimiste and chimistes are pronounced identically (\ʃi.mist\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “chimiste” sits inside “chimistes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50854, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chimiste is recorded at frequency rank #16,831, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʃi.mist\. chimistes is at rank #34,023, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʃi.mist\.
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 50854, this pair ranks #159,419 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of chimiste vs chimistes
Shared letters: cehimst. Private to "chimiste": -. Private to "chimistes": -.
"chimiste" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCCV · "chimistes" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "chimiste" and "chimistes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "chimiste" vs "chimistes" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "chimiste" / "chimistes". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "chimiste" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chimistes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #159,419 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chimiste" and "chimistes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chimistes vs choristes". 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 #159,419 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.