maréchal de camp

\ma.ʁe.ʃal də kɑ̃\

/\ma.ʁe.ʃal də kɑ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“maréchal de camp” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Grade d’officier général dans différentes armées européennes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-marechal-de-camp · maréchal de camp · French

maréchal de camp · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "M" 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 maréchal de camp
PropertyValue
Headwordmaréchal de camp
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ma.ʁe.ʃal də kɑ̃\
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “maréchal de camp” sits in French frequency

maréchal de camp 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

maréchal de camp is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ma.ʁe.ʃal də kɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Grade d’officier général dans différentes armées européennes.".

maréchal de camp has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is maréchal de camp, spelled M-A-R-É-C-H-A-L- -D-E- -C-A-M-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    Grade d’officier général dans différentes armées européennes.

This word in other languages

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "maréchal de camp"?
"maréchal de camp" is spelled M-A-R-É-C-H-A-L- -D-E- -C-A-M-P. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.ʁe.ʃal də kɑ̃\.
What does "maréchal de camp" mean?
As a noun, "maréchal de camp" means: Grade d’officier général dans différentes armées européennes.
How do you pronounce "maréchal de camp"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "maréchal de camp" is \ma.ʁe.ʃal də kɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "maréchal de camp" come from?
"maréchal de camp" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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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