bombe à vide
\bɔ̃.b‿a vid\
The verdict
“bombe à vide” 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) - Arme de type conventionnel, explosive, qui combine des effets thermiques, d’onde de choc et de dépression.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bombe-a-vide · bombe à vide · French
bombe à vide · 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 | bombe à vide |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɔ̃.b‿a vid\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bombe à vide » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bombe à vide is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɔ̃.b‿a vid\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Arme de type conventionnel, explosive, qui combine des effets thermiques, d’onde de choc et de dépression.".
Zero misspellings are on record for bombe à vide in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is bombe à vide, spelled B-O-M-B-E- -À- -V-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1Arme de type conventionnel, explosive, qui combine des effets thermiques, d’onde de choc et de dépression.
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.