chef de guerre
\ʃɛf də ɡɛʁ\
The verdict
“chef de guerre” 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) - Celui qui a un contrôle militaire de facto d’une zone d’un territoire national avec une force militaire qui lui est fidèle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chef-de-guerre · chef de guerre · French
chef de guerre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | chef de guerre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃɛf də ɡɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « chef de guerre » en français
Rare enough to double-check
chef de guerre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃɛf də ɡɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Celui qui a un contrôle militaire de facto d’une zone d’un territoire national avec une force militaire qui lui est fidèle.".
No misspelling variants are generated for chef de guerre in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is chef de guerre, spelled C-H-E-F- -D-E- -G-U-E-R-R-E.
Definition
- 1Celui qui a un contrôle militaire de facto d’une zone d’un territoire national avec une force militaire qui lui est fidèle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how chef de guerre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les hommes de Sangak Safarov, chef de guerre de Koulab, se livrent à une répression meurtrière contre les islamo-démocrates.
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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.