commissaire de bord
\kɔ.mi.sɛʁ də bɔʁ\
The verdict
“commissaire de bord” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Personne à bord d'un navire ou d'un avion responsable de la sécurité et du bien-être des passagers.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | commissaire de bord |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ.mi.sɛʁ də bɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “commissaire de bord” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
commissaire de bord is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ.mi.sɛʁ də bɔʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne à bord d'un navire ou d'un avion responsable de la sécurité et du bien-être des passagers.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for commissaire de bord in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is commissaire de bord, spelled C-O-M-M-I-S-S-A-I-R-E- -D-E- -B-O-R-D.
Definition
- 1Personne à bord d'un navire ou d'un avion responsable de la sécurité et du bien-être des passagers.
This word in other languages
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 “commissaire de bord”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-M-M-I-S-S-A-I-R-E- -D-E- -B-O-R-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kɔ.mi.sɛʁ də bɔʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.