guerre d’extermination

\ɡɛʁ dɛks.tɛʁ.mi.na.sjɔ̃\

/\ɡɛʁ dɛks.tɛʁ.mi.na.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“guerre d’extermination” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
22
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Guerre menée avec l’objectif explicite ou implicite de détruire un peuple, une population ou un groupe, y compris par des moyens systématiques contre les civils.

Corpus desk

Index FR-guerre-d-extermination · guerre d’extermination · French

guerre d’extermination · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 22 letters
  • VOW-9 9 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "G" 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 guerre d’extermination
PropertyValue
Headwordguerre d’extermination
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡɛʁ dɛks.tɛʁ.mi.na.sjɔ̃\
Letters22
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “guerre d’extermination” sits in French frequency

guerre d’extermination falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Rare enough to double-check

guerre d’extermination is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡɛʁ dɛks.tɛʁ.mi.na.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

guerre d’extermination has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 guerre d’extermination, spelled G-U-E-R-R-E- -D-’-E-X-T-E-R-M-I-N-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Guerre menée avec l’objectif explicite ou implicite de détruire un peuple, une population ou un groupe, y compris par des moyens systématiques contre les civils.
  2. 2
    Conflit ou lutte décrit·e comme visant la disparition complète de l’adversaire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pour Hitler, la guerre contre l’URSS n’est pas une guerre conventionnelle mais une guerre totale, une « guerre d’extermination » ayant pour fin l’anéantissement du « judéo-bolchevisme ».
  2. Elle a alors reconnu que ce qui s'était passé était “une guerre d’extermination ... ce qu’on appelle aujourd'hui un génocide”, avant de déclarer : “Pardonnez nos offenses et notre culpabilité.”

This word in other languages

Vernichtungskrieg(Deutsch)

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "guerre d’extermination"?
"guerre d’extermination" is spelled G-U-E-R-R-E- -D-’-E-X-T-E-R-M-I-N-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡɛʁ dɛks.tɛʁ.mi.na.sjɔ̃\.
What does "guerre d’extermination" mean?
As a noun, "guerre d’extermination" means: Guerre menée avec l’objectif explicite ou implicite de détruire un peuple, une population ou un groupe, y compris par des moyens systématiques contre les civils.
How do you pronounce "guerre d’extermination"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "guerre d’extermination" is \ɡɛʁ dɛks.tɛʁ.mi.na.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list