comte
"comte" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“comte” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #32,330. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,330
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A French count.
Corpus desk
Index EN-comte · comte · English
comte · rank #32,330 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,330
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH columbine
Nearest frequency peer: columbine (-2 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 “comte”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- clogging
clogging
67,675 corpus weight
- clove
clove
67,674 corpus weight
- columbine
columbine
67,673 corpus weight
- comte
comte
67,671 corpus weight
- Cordelia
Cordelia
67,669 corpus weight
- countenance
countenance
67,668 corpus weight
What this shows “comte” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | comte |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #32,330 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “comte”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around comte, anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,330 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A French count.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for comte, with forms such as "ccomte", "cmote", and "commte". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cot", "CTE", "cost", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French comte. Doublet of comes, conte, and count. The correct English form is comte, spelled C-O-M-T-E.
Definition
- 1A French count.
Etymology
Borrowed from French comte. Doublet of comes, conte, and count.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccomte
- cmote
- commte
- comtte
- cotme
- ocmte
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of comte - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "comte", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).