guerre de position

\ɡɛʁ də po.zi.sjɔ̃\

/\ɡɛʁ də po.zi.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“guerre de position” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
18
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Système de combats où les deux adversaires s’efforcent de maintenir leurs organisations défensives et de réduire celles de l’ennemi.

Key facts for guerre de position
PropertyValue
Headwordguerre de position
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡɛʁ də po.zi.sjɔ̃\
Letters18
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “guerre de position” sits in French frequency

guerre de position 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.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for guerre de position is 18 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡɛʁ də po.zi.sjɔ̃\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Système de combats où les deux adversaires s’efforcent de maintenir leurs organisations défensives et de réduire celles de l’ennemi.".

guerre de position doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is guerre de position, spelled G-U-E-R-R-E- -D-E- -P-O-S-I-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Système de combats où les deux adversaires s’efforcent de maintenir leurs organisations défensives et de réduire celles de l’ennemi.

Antonyms

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 "guerre de position"?
"guerre de position" is spelled G-U-E-R-R-E- -D-E- -P-O-S-I-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡɛʁ də po.zi.sjɔ̃\.
What does "guerre de position" mean?
As a noun, "guerre de position" means: Système de combats où les deux adversaires s’efforcent de maintenir leurs organisations défensives et de réduire celles de l’ennemi.
How do you pronounce "guerre de position"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "guerre de position" is \ɡɛʁ də po.zi.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "guerre de position" come from?
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Using “guerre de position”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is G-U-E-R-R-E- -D-E- -P-O-S-I-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ɡɛʁ də po.zi.sjɔ̃\ (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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list