char de combat
\ʃaʁ də kɔ̃.ba\
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 May 6, 2026) - Char doté d'un canon à gros calibre.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | char de combat |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃaʁ də kɔ̃.ba\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “char de combat” sits in French frequency
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
- 1Char doté d'un canon à gros calibre.
Synonyms
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 “char de combat”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-H-A-R- -D-E- -C-O-M-B-A-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʃaʁ də kɔ̃.ba\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.