avion de chasse
\a.vjɔ̃ də ʃas\
The verdict
“avion de chasse” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avion militaire conçu pour intercepter les avions adverses et assurer ainsi la maîtrise de l’espace aérien.
Corpus desk
Index FR-avion-de-chasse · avion de chasse · French
avion de chasse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 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 | avion de chasse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.vjɔ̃ də ʃas\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
avion de chasse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.vjɔ̃ də ʃas\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for avion de chasse, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is avion de chasse, spelled A-V-I-O-N- -D-E- -C-H-A-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Avion militaire conçu pour intercepter les avions adverses et assurer ainsi la maîtrise de l’espace aérien.
- 2Très belle fille ou femme, bombe sexuelle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how avion de chasse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nos avions de chasse ont livré hier vingt-cinq combats dans lesquels dix-sept appareils ennemis ont été abattus. Nos avions de bombardement ont lancé quatre tonnes et demie de bombes sur Buzancy, Bayonville et Remonville.
La production d’avions de chasse destinés à la Luftwaffe, d’après les rapports très précis de l’Intelligence a été du 1ᵉʳ novembre 1943 au 1ᵉʳ avril 1944 de 7065 chasseurs — dont 150 à réaction, […]
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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.