champ de mines
\ʃɑ̃ də min\
The verdict
“champ de mines” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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...
| 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) |
Where “champ de mines” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for champ de mines is 14 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʃɑ̃ də min\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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.
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.
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Using “champ de mines”
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- The one correct French spelling is C-H-A-M-P- -D-E- -M-I-N-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʃɑ̃ də min\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.