armée de l’air
\aʁ.me də l‿ɛʁ\
The verdict
“armée de l’air” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forces militaires aériennes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-armee-de-l-air · armée de l’air · French
armée de l’air · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | armée de l’air |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \aʁ.me də l‿ɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « armée de l’air » en français
Rare enough to double-check
armée de l’air is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \aʁ.me də l‿ɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forces militaires aériennes.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for armée de l’air, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is armée de l’air, spelled A-R-M-É-E- -D-E- -L-’-A-I-R.
Definition
- 1Forces militaires aériennes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how armée de l’air appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Au début de l’année 1992, l’armée de l’air française employait plus de 50 000 personnes.
Il avait revêtu pour la circonstance l'uniforme et la casquette galonnée de notre Armée de l'Air.
Synonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.