compatriot
/kəmˈpeɪtɹi.ət/
"compatriot" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“compatriot” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #36,927. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,927
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Somebody from one's own country.
Corpus desk
Index EN-compatriot · compatriot · English
compatriot · rank #36,927 · 15 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #36,927
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH communicable
Nearest frequency peer: communicable (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “compatriot”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Chucky
Chucky
63,079 corpus weight
- cobbled
cobbled
63,076 corpus weight
- communicable
communicable
63,075 corpus weight
- compatriot
compatriot
63,074 corpus weight
- Concorde
Concorde
63,072 corpus weight
- convergent
convergent
63,069 corpus weight
What this shows “compatriot” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | compatriot |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kəmˈpeɪtɹi.ət/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #36,927 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “compatriot”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around compatriot (IPA /kəmˈpeɪtɹi.ət/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,927 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Somebody from one's own country.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for compatriot, with forms such as "ccompatriot", "cmopatriot", and "comaptriot". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French compatriote, itself borrowed from Latin compatriota. Displaced native Old English ġelanda. The correct English form is compatriot, spelled C-O-M-P-A-T-R-I-O-T.
Definition
- 1Somebody from one's own country.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how compatriot appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And this, perhaps, might have been anticipated; for, as varieties, in order to become in any degree permanent, necessarily have to struggle with the other inhabitants of the country, the species which are already dominant will be the most likely to yield offspring which, though in some slight degree modified, will still inherit those advantages that enabl…
the distrust with which they felt themselves to be regarded by their compatriots in America
Etymology
Borrowed from French compatriote, itself borrowed from Latin compatriota. Displaced native Old English ġelanda.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccompatriot
- cmopatriot
- comaptriot
- commpatriot
- compartiot
- compatirot
- compatriott
- compatrito
- compatroit
- compatrriot
- compattriot
- comppatriot
- comptariot
- copmatriot
- ocmpatriot
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of compatriot - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).