pain de munition
\pɛ̃ də my.ni.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“pain de munition” 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 September 3, 2026) - Pain qu’on fabrique pour les soldats.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pain-de-munition · pain de munition · French
pain de munition · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | pain de munition |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɛ̃ də my.ni.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pain de munition » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pain de munition is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɛ̃ də my.ni.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pain qu’on fabrique pour les soldats.".
Zero misspellings are on record for pain de munition in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is pain de munition, spelled P-A-I-N- -D-E- -M-U-N-I-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Pain qu’on fabrique pour les soldats.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pain de munition appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le pain de munition est celui qu'on distribue aux troupes. Dans plusieurs parties de l’Europe, on le fait, soit avec de la farine de seigle, soit avec un mélange de cette même farine et de farine brute de froment. En France on se sert exclusivement d’excellente farine de froment blutée à vingt pour cent.
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.