campagne
\kɑ̃.paɲ\
The verdict
“campagne” is in the everyday core of French, ranked #667 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #667
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Plaine, pays plat et découvert, considérée surtout par rapport à sa culture, à ses productions.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | campagne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɑ̃.paɲ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #667 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “campagne” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for campagne is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for campagne, with forms such as "acmpagne", "camapgne", and "cammpagne". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "compagne", "campaign", "compagnie", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is campagne, spelled C-A-M-P-A-G-N-E.
Definition
- 1Plaine, pays plat et découvert, considérée surtout par rapport à sa culture, à ses productions.
- 2Région de production agricole, quel que soit son relief.
- 3Zone rurale, par opposition à la ville.
- 4Terrain, plus ou moins ouvert, où guerroyer, par opposition aux lieux fortifiés.
- 5Mouvement, action des troupes en terrain découvert.
- 6Mouvement, action des troupes en terrain découvert.
- 7Opérations accomplies par une armée pendant une année, une saison.
- 8Ensemble d’activités menées pendant une période limitée et mettant en œuvre un maximum de moyens en vue d’un résultat précis et concerté.
- 9Entreprise ayant un caractère agressif ou de propagande.
- 10Ensemble des opérations de propagande qui précèdent une élection ou un référendum.
- 11Série de démarches publicitaires pour convaincre l’opinion des consommateurs.
- 12Série de représentations données dans une ville par une troupe de comédiens durant la saison où le théâtre est ouvert.
- 13Voyage sur mer.
- 14Période d’activité d’une installation comprise entre deux réglages des paramètres de raffinage.
- 15Maison 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
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of campagne - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “campagne”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-A-M-P-A-G-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kɑ̃.paɲ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “compagne” - see the side-by-side comparison. campagne vs compagne
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.