prisonnier de guerre
\pʁi.zɔ.nje də ɡɛʁ\
The verdict
“prisonnier 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
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Combattant en uniforme capturé par l’ennemi et détenu jusqu’à la fin de la guerre, ou un éventuel échange de prisonniers.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prisonnier de guerre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pʁi.zɔ.nje də ɡɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “prisonnier de guerre” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
prisonnier de guerre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pʁi.zɔ.nje də ɡɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Combattant en uniforme capturé par l’ennemi et détenu jusqu’à la fin de la guerre, ou un éventuel échange de prisonniers.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for prisonnier de guerre, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is prisonnier de guerre, spelled P-R-I-S-O-N-N-I-E-R- -D-E- -G-U-E-R-R-E.
Definition
- 1Combattant en uniforme capturé par l’ennemi et détenu jusqu’à la fin de la guerre, ou un éventuel échange de prisonniers.
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.
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Using “prisonnier de guerre”
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- The one correct French spelling is P-R-I-S-O-N-N-I-E-R- -D-E- -G-U-E-R-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pʁi.zɔ.nje də ɡɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.