Usually from French.

béchamel

brochure

chagrin

chaise

chambray

champagne

chancre

chandelier

chanson

chaperone

charade

charlatan

chartreuse

chauffeur

chauvinist

chef

chemise

cheroot

chic

chiffon

chivalry

chute

crochet

echelon

Foch

Koch

machete

machine

Michigan

nonchalant

parachute

penchant

pistachio

quiche

ricochet

2 responses to “ch as in chef”

  1. I don’t understand

    • alison says:

      Hi Mishri, I’m not sure what you don’t understand. The spelling CH is used for three main sounds in English, usually depending on whether the word originally came into English from a Germanic language (e.g. child), from French (e.g. chef) or from Greek (e.g. school). So this page has words that are mainly from French with the spelling “ch” pronounced “sh”. Alison

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