sloop-of-war
The verdict
“sloop-of-war” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Corvette, en parlant d'un bâtiment de la marine anglaise.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sloop-of-war · sloop-of-war · French
sloop-of-war · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | sloop-of-war |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « sloop-of-war » en français
Rare enough to double-check
sloop-of-war is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Corvette, en parlant d'un bâtiment de la marine anglaise.".
sloop-of-war doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is sloop-of-war, spelled S-L-O-O-P---O-F---W-A-R.
Definition
- 1Corvette, en parlant d'un bâtiment de la marine anglaise.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sloop-of-war appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un jour, le sloop-of-war anglais stationnaire fit escale à Te-ava-nui, la grande rade de Porapora.
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.