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How to spell chef

hear itchef/ʃɛf/nounSounds

What it means: A professional cook in a restaurant.

In a sentence: The chef cooked a yummy pizza for everyone.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as cheif or cheff.

Same family: head chef, pastry chef, sous-chef, cook, cooking. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The word "chef" comes from French, where it originally meant "head" or "chief" (short for "chef de cuisine," the head of the kitchen). In English, it now specifically refers to a professional cook, especially in a restaurant.

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