crime de guerre

\kʁim də ɡɛʁ\

/\kʁim də ɡɛʁ\/ noun

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.

Key facts for crime de guerre
PropertyValue
Headwordcrime de guerre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kʁim də ɡɛʁ\
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « crime de guerre » en français

crime de guerresiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Violation des lois et coutumes de guerre d’une gravité particulière.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ces fosses communes, comme l’arrestation des personnes inculpées de crime de guerre, furent l’objet de polémiques, toujours lancées par Washington.
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "crime de guerre"?
"crime de guerre" is spelled C-R-I-M-E- -D-E- -G-U-E-R-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁim də ɡɛʁ\.
What does "crime de guerre" mean?
As a noun, "crime de guerre" means: Violation des lois et coutumes de guerre d’une gravité particulière.
How do you pronounce "crime de guerre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "crime de guerre" is \kʁim də ɡɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "crime de guerre" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list