ruse de guerre
\ʁyz də ɡɛʁ\
The verdict
“ruse 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
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fait de tromper un adversaire ou de le pousser à commettre une imprudence.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ruse-de-guerre · ruse de guerre · French
ruse de guerre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" 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 | ruse de guerre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁyz də ɡɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
ruse de guerre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁyz də ɡɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fait de tromper un adversaire ou de le pousser à commettre une imprudence.".
ruse de guerre 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, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is ruse de guerre, spelled R-U-S-E- -D-E- -G-U-E-R-R-E.
Definition
- 1Fait de tromper un adversaire ou de le pousser à commettre une imprudence.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ruse de guerre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] nous usons d’une ruse de guerre à la fois simple, de mauvais goût, d’un effet sûr.
Synonyms
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.