camp de concentration
\kɑ̃ də kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁa.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“camp de concentration” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vaste camp de prisonniers, emprisonnés en masse par un pouvoir tyrannique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-camp-de-concentration · camp de concentration · French
camp de concentration · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 21 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 concentration |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɑ̃ də kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁa.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
camp de concentration is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɑ̃ də kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁa.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vaste camp de prisonniers, emprisonnés en masse par un pouvoir tyrannique.".
No misspelling variants are generated for camp de concentration in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is camp de concentration, spelled C-A-M-P- -D-E- -C-O-N-C-E-N-T-R-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Vaste camp de prisonniers, emprisonnés en masse par un pouvoir tyrannique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how camp de concentration appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ils [Marie Laurencin et Otto von Wätjen] sont parvenus à fuir, je ne sais comment et échappant aux camps de concentration sont à Malaga.
Maintenant qu’il a rendu le pain noir aux travailleurs, s’il ouvrait les portes des camps de concentration, s’il amnistiait un ou deux millions d’innocents, […], quelle grandeur serait la sienne.
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.