champ de mines
\ʃɑ̃ də min\
The verdict
“champ de mines” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zone terrestre, marine ou sous-marine dans laquelle des mines ont été placées, dans un but défensif (protection de site, de voie de communication etc.) ou tactique (harcèlement, détournement d’itin...
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Index FR-champ-de-mines · champ de mines · French
champ de mines · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 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 | champ de mines |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃɑ̃ də min\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
champ de mines is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃɑ̃ də min\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for champ de mines in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is champ de mines, spelled C-H-A-M-P- -D-E- -M-I-N-E-S.
Definition
- 1Zone terrestre, marine ou sous-marine dans laquelle des mines ont été placées, dans un but défensif (protection de site, de voie de communication etc.) ou tactique (harcèlement, détournement d’itinéraire).
- 2Chose compliquée, qui pose plein de problèmes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how champ de mines appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
nous apprenions à mettre en place un champ de mines, à ouvrir des passages dans les champs de mines et à déposer ou éliminer des pièges.
Le champ de mines, formé par une bande minée dense et continue, doublée aux endroits sensibles, ceinture la position, capable d’opposer une obstruction majeure et ultime aux tentatives de pénétrations en force comme le rempart d’enceinte de la fortification Vauban
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.