sport de combat
\spɔʁ də kɔ̃.ba\
The verdict
“sport de combat” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sport d’affrontement entre deux combattants.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sport de combat |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \spɔʁ də kɔ̃.ba\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sport de combat” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
sport de combat is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \spɔʁ də kɔ̃.ba\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
sport de combat doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is sport de combat, spelled S-P-O-R-T- -D-E- -C-O-M-B-A-T.
Definition
- 1Sport d’affrontement entre deux combattants.
- 2Tâche difficile.
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 “sport de combat”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-P-O-R-T- -D-E- -C-O-M-B-A-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \spɔʁ də kɔ̃.ba\ (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.