campagne

/\kɑ̃.paɲ\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#667

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

campagne is aFrenchnoun. It means: Plaine, pays plat et découvert, considérée surtout par rapport à sa culture, à ses productions. Pronounced \kɑ̃.paɲ\. It ranks #667 in French word frequency. Often confused with compagne and campaign.

Key facts for campagne
PropertyValue
Headwordcampagne
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɑ̃.paɲ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#667
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of campagne in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for campagne is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɑ̃.paɲ\. Corpus data places it at rank #667 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 15 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for campagne, with forms such as "acmpagne", "camapgne", and "cammpagne". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "compagne", "campaign", "compagnie", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is campagne, spelled C-A-M-P-A-G-N-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Plaine, pays plat et découvert, considérée surtout par rapport à sa culture, à ses productions.
  2. 2
    Région de production agricole, quel que soit son relief.
  3. 3
    Zone rurale, par opposition à la ville.
  4. 4
    Terrain, plus ou moins ouvert, où guerroyer, par opposition aux lieux fortifiés.
  5. 5
    Mouvement, action des troupes en terrain découvert.
  6. 6
    Mouvement, action des troupes en terrain découvert.
  7. 7
    Opérations accomplies par une armée pendant une année, une saison.
  8. 8
    Ensemble d’activités menées pendant une période limitée et mettant en œuvre un maximum de moyens en vue d’un résultat précis et concerté.
  9. 9
    Entreprise ayant un caractère agressif ou de propagande.
  10. 10
    Ensemble des opérations de propagande qui précèdent une élection ou un référendum.
  11. 11
    Série de démarches publicitaires pour convaincre l’opinion des consommateurs.
  12. 12
    Série de représentations données dans une ville par une troupe de comédiens durant la saison où le théâtre est ouvert.
  13. 13
    Voyage sur mer.
  14. 14
    Période d’activité d’une installation comprise entre deux réglages des paramètres de raffinage.
  15. 15
    Maison de campagne.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acmpagne,camapgne,cammpagne,campagen,campaggne,campagnne,campange,campgane,camppagne,capmagne,ccampagne,cmapagne

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for campagne

Misspelling Variants of "campagne"

acmpagne8camapgne8cammpagne9campagen8campaggne9campagnne9campange8campgane8
Misspelling Variants of "campagne"

Frequency rank: #667 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "campagne"?
"campagne" is spelled C-A-M-P-A-G-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɑ̃.paɲ\.
What does "campagne" mean?
As a noun, "campagne" means: Plaine, pays plat et découvert, considérée surtout par rapport à sa culture, à ses productions.
What words are commonly confused with "campagne"?
"campagne" is commonly confused with "compagne", "campaign", "compagnie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "campagne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "campagne" is \kɑ̃.paɲ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "campagne" come from?
"campagne" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.