camp de base
\kɑ̃ də bɑz\
The verdict
“camp de base” 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) - Camp établi en altitude servant de point de départ pour l’ascension de hauts sommets.
Corpus desk
Index FR-camp-de-base · camp de base · French
camp de base · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | camp de base |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɑ̃ də bɑz\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « camp de base » en français
Rare enough to double-check
camp de base is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɑ̃ də bɑz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Camp établi en altitude servant de point de départ pour l’ascension de hauts sommets.".
Zero misspellings are on record for camp de base in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is camp de base, spelled C-A-M-P- -D-E- -B-A-S-E.
Definition
- 1Camp établi en altitude servant de point de départ pour l’ascension de hauts sommets.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how camp de base appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le premier arrêt eut lieu à Kanchanaburi, ville dont les guides s’accordent à souligner le caractère animé et gai. Pour le Michelin, c’est un « merveilleux point de départ pour la visite des contrées environnantes » ; le Routard, quant à lui, la qualifie de « bon camp de base »
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.