char de combat

\ʃaʁ də kɔ̃.ba\

/\ʃaʁ də kɔ̃.ba\/ noun

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The verdict

“char de combat” 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) - Char doté d'un canon à gros calibre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-char-de-combat · char de combat · French

char de combat · 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.

Key facts for char de combat
PropertyValue
Headwordchar de combat
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃaʁ də kɔ̃.ba\
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « char de combat » en français

char de combatreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

char de combat is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃaʁ də kɔ̃.ba\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Char doté d'un canon à gros calibre.".

char de combat has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is char de combat, spelled C-H-A-R- -D-E- -C-O-M-B-A-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Char doté d'un canon à gros calibre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how char de combat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. L'Ukraine va recevoir "dans les prochains jours" des armes lourdes, dont des chars de combat, de la part des partenaires est-européens pour l'aider à contrer l'offensive russe, a déclaré jeudi la ministre de la Défense allemande.

Synonyms

char d’assauttank

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "char de combat"?
"char de combat" is spelled C-H-A-R- -D-E- -C-O-M-B-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃaʁ də kɔ̃.ba\.
What does "char de combat" mean?
As a noun, "char de combat" means: Char doté d'un canon à gros calibre.
How do you pronounce "char de combat"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "char de combat" is \ʃaʁ də kɔ̃.ba\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "char de combat" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list