armée de terre

\aʁ.me də tɛʁ\

/\aʁ.me də tɛʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“armée de terre” 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) - Les troupes qui combattent sur terre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-armee-de-terre · armée de terre · French

armée de terre · 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.

Key facts for armée de terre
PropertyValue
Headwordarmée de terre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\aʁ.me də tɛʁ\
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « armée de terre » en français

armée de terresiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

armée de terre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \aʁ.me də tɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Les troupes qui combattent sur terre.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for armée de terre, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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 headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is armée de terre, spelled A-R-M-É-E- -D-E- -T-E-R-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Les troupes qui combattent sur terre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how armée de terre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Dans l’armée de terre, le changement d’arme et dans l’armée de l’air, le changement de spécialité ou de corps de sous-officiers, peuvent intervenir dans les mêmes conditions.

Synonyms

forces de terre

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "armée de terre"?
"armée de terre" is spelled A-R-M-É-E- -D-E- -T-E-R-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \aʁ.me də tɛʁ\.
What does "armée de terre" mean?
As a noun, "armée de terre" means: Les troupes qui combattent sur terre.
How do you pronounce "armée de terre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "armée de terre" is \aʁ.me də tɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "armée de terre" come from?
"armée de terre" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list