corps franc
\kɔʁ fʁɑ̃\
The verdict
“corps franc” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Unité de combat civile ou paramilitaire.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | corps franc |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔʁ fʁɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “corps franc” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
corps franc is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔʁ fʁɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
corps franc has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 corps franc, spelled C-O-R-P-S- -F-R-A-N-C.
Definition
- 1Unité de combat civile ou paramilitaire.
- 2Groupe de combattants dont la tactique est celle du harcèlement ou du coup de main.
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 “corps franc”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-R-P-S- -F-R-A-N-C - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kɔʁ fʁɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.