crime de guerre
\kʁim də ɡɛʁ\
The verdict
“crime 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
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Violation des lois et coutumes de guerre d’une gravité particulière.
Corpus desk
Index FR-crime-de-guerre · crime de guerre · French
crime de guerre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | crime de guerre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kʁim də ɡɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
crime de guerre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kʁim də ɡɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Violation des lois et coutumes de guerre d’une gravité particulière.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for crime de guerre, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is crime de guerre, spelled C-R-I-M-E- -D-E- -G-U-E-R-R-E.
Definition
- 1Violation des lois et coutumes de guerre d’une gravité particulière.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how crime de guerre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ces fosses communes, comme l’arrestation des personnes inculpées de crime de guerre, furent l’objet de polémiques, toujours lancées par Washington.
La reine autodésignée de l’Union européenne, Ursula von der Leyen, veut traduire Vladimir Poutine en justice. Pour elle, le satrape doit répondre de ses crimes de guerre. En réalité, le vainqueur dira qui sera jugé.
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.