combat

\kɔ̃.ba\

/\kɔ̃.ba\/ noun

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The verdict

“combat” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,087. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,087
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action par laquelle on attaque et l’on se défend.

Corpus desk

Index FR-combat · combat · French

combat · rank #1,087 · 9 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,087
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH clair

Nearest frequency peer: clair (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « combat »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « combat » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

combat vs combo
67% similar
combat vs combi
67% similar
combat vs combe
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for combat
PropertyValue
Headwordcombat
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.ba\
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,087
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « combat »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.combatse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « clair » (#1,086), « comité » (#1,088), « ciel » (#1,085). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « combat » est au #1,087. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around combat (IPA \kɔ̃.ba\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,087 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for combat, with forms such as "ccombat", "cmobat", and "cobmat". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "combo", "combi", "combe", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 combat, spelled C-O-M-B-A-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action par laquelle on attaque et l’on se défend.
  2. 2
    Action des animaux que l’on fait battre les uns contre les autres.
  3. 3
    Guerre.
  4. 4
    Jeux publics des Anciens, où l’on disputait de force et d’adresse dans les différents exercices du corps.
  5. 5
    Toute sorte de rivalité, de débat, de lutte.
  6. 6
    Lutte des sentiments intérieurs, des mouvements opposés que l’âme éprouve.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On avait bien pensé quelquefois à leur chercher noise et à les contraindre au combat individuel.
  2. Les combats intermédiaires constituent un élément essentiel d’un récit excitant : chacun d’entre eux crée une mini-aventure dans l’épopée globale.

Synonyms

batailleluttepugilatbagarre

This word in other languages

combat(English)batalla(Español)Kampf(Deutsch)batalha(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccombat
  • cmobat
  • cobmat
  • comabt
  • combatt
  • combbat
  • combta
  • commbat
  • ocmbat

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of combat - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccombat1cmobat2cobmat2comabt2combatt1combbat1combta2commbat1
Edit distance from "combat"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "combat"?
"combat" is spelled C-O-M-B-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.ba\.
What does "combat" mean?
As a noun, "combat" means: Action par laquelle on attaque et l’on se défend.
What words are commonly confused with "combat"?
"combat" is commonly confused with "combo", "combi", "combe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "combat"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "combat" is \kɔ̃.ba\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "combat" come from?
"combat" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "combat", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

comité#1,088dirait#1,090voulez#1,082ouvert#1,094

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

voulait9 variantssociaux9 variantsancienne9 variantsnormal9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list