service militaire
\sɛʁ.vis mi.li.tɛʁ\
The verdict
“service militaire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Obligation de servir les armées de son pays, faite à tout homme (et parfois aux femmes) d’une certaine tranche d’âge.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | service militaire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɛʁ.vis mi.li.tɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “service militaire” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
service militaire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɛʁ.vis mi.li.tɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Obligation de servir les armées de son pays, faite à tout homme (et parfois aux femmes) d’une certaine tranche d’âge.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for service militaire in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is service militaire, spelled S-E-R-V-I-C-E- -M-I-L-I-T-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Obligation de servir les armées de son pays, faite à tout homme (et parfois aux femmes) d’une certaine tranche d’âge.
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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 “service militaire”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-E-R-V-I-C-E- -M-I-L-I-T-A-I-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sɛʁ.vis mi.li.tɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.