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 May 6, 2026) - Camp établi en altitude servant de point de départ pour l’ascension de hauts sommets.
| 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) |
Where “camp de base” sits in French frequency
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.
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.
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Using “camp de base”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-A-M-P- -D-E- -B-A-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kɑ̃ də bɑz\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.