combattants
\kɔ̃.ba.tɑ̃\
The verdict
“combattants” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,064. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,064
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de combattant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-combattants · combattants · French
combattants · rank #6,064 · 16 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,064
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH clef
Nearest frequency peer: clef (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “combattants”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- christianis…
christianisme
93,940 corpus weight
- chéri
chéri
93,939 corpus weight
- clef
clef
93,938 corpus weight
- combattants
combattants
93,937 corpus weight
- concepts
concepts
93,936 corpus weight
- confie
confie
93,935 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “combattants” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | combattants |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.ba.tɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #6,064 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “combattants” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around combattants (IPA \kɔ̃.ba.tɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,064 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de combattant.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for combattants, with forms such as "ccombattants", "cmobattants", and "cobmattants". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "combattent", "combattons", "combattant", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is combattants, spelled C-O-M-B-A-T-T-A-N-T-S.
Definition
- 1Masculin pluriel de combattant.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccombattants
- cmobattants
- cobmattants
- comabttants
- combatants
- combatatnts
- combattannts
- combattanst
- combattantss
- combattantts
- combattatns
- combattnats
- combbattants
- combtatants
- commbattants
- ocmbattants
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of combattants - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "combattants", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "combattants". Here's where to go from here.
- "combattants" maps to 5 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "combattent". View pair
- 16 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #6,064 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "C" letter cohort. C–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.