à son compte
\a sɔ̃ kɔ̃t\
The verdict
“à son compte” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Se dit de quelqu’un qui vend ses services à un employeur sans contrat à long-terme.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | à son compte |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \a sɔ̃ kɔ̃t\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “à son compte” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
à son compte is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a sɔ̃ kɔ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se dit de quelqu’un qui vend ses services à un employeur sans contrat à long-terme.".
Zero misspellings are on record for à son compte in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is à son compte, spelled À- -S-O-N- -C-O-M-P-T-E.
Definition
- 1Se dit de quelqu’un qui vend ses services à un employeur sans contrat à long-terme.
This word in other languages
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 “à son compte”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is À- -S-O-N- -C-O-M-P-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a sɔ̃ kɔ̃t\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.