# compile

> English word · Verb · IPA /kəmˈpaɪl/ · frequency rank #17,572

## Definitions
1. To make by gathering pieces from various sources.
2. To construct; to build.
3. To achieve (a break) by making a sequence of shots.
4. To use a compiler to process source code and produce executable code.
5. To be successfully processed by a compiler into executable code.
6. To contain or comprise.
7. To write; to compose.

## Etymology
From Middle English compilen, from Old French compiler, from Latin compīlō (“to plunder”).

## Easily confused with
- **couple** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/compile-vs-couple)
- **comply** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/compile-vs-comply)
- **complex** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/compile-vs-complex)
- **compose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/compile-vs-compose)
- **compute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/compile-vs-compute)
- **comprise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/compile-vs-comprise)
- **compiler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/compile-vs-compiler)
- **compel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/compel-vs-compile)
- **commie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/commie-vs-compile)
- **compare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/compare-vs-compile)
- **compete** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/compete-vs-compile)
- **combine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/combine-vs-compile)
- **compels** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/compels-vs-compile)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ccompile`, `cmopile`, `comiple`, `commpile`, `compiel`, `compille`, `complie`, `comppile`, `copmile`, `ocmpile`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/compile