belligérance
\bɛ.li.ʒe.ʁɑ̃s\
The verdict
“belligérance” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’être belligérant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-belligerance · belligérance · French
belligérance · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" 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 | belligérance |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɛ.li.ʒe.ʁɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
belligérance is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɛ.li.ʒe.ʁɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action d’être belligérant.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for belligérance in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is belligérance, spelled B-E-L-L-I-G-É-R-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Action d’être belligérant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how belligérance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
– Foin de Philomachie, poursuivit, imperméable, Karamagnole, trêve de belligérance ; je n’aime pas la guerre, je ne veux pas aller me battre ; […]
Le Congrès des États-Unis approuverait la requête jordanienne, expliquèrent les diplomates à Hussein, s’il déclarait la fin de l’état de belligérance avec Israël.
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.