cofondateur

\kɔ.fɔ̃.da.tœʁ\

/\kɔ.fɔ̃.da.tœʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“cofondateur” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,962. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,962
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
16
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne qui est a fondé quelque chose avec d’autres.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cofondateur · cofondateur · French

cofondateur · rank #18,962 · 16 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,962
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH clivage

Nearest frequency peer: clivage (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « cofondateur »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « cofondateur » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cofondateur
PropertyValue
Headwordcofondateur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.fɔ̃.da.tœʁ\
Letters11
Frequency rank#18,962
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cofondateur »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).cofondateurse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « clivage » (#18,961), « circulant » (#18,960), « coiffe » (#18,964). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cofondateur » est au #18,962. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around cofondateur (IPA \kɔ.fɔ̃.da.tœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,962 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Personne qui est a fondé quelque chose avec d’autres.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for cofondateur, with forms such as "ccofondateur", "cfoondateur", and "coffondateur". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. 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.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is cofondateur, spelled C-O-F-O-N-D-A-T-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne qui est a fondé quelque chose avec d’autres.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how cofondateur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. P… forma, avec le concours de plusieurs cofondateurs, une société d'assurances à primes fixes contre l'incendie.
  2. Nous développons une “tokenisation” de licence de jeux vidéo, explique David Hanson, cofondateur et PDG d’Ultra.io.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccofondateur
  • cfoondateur
  • coffondateur
  • cofnodateur
  • cofodnateur
  • cofonadteur
  • cofondaetur
  • cofondateru
  • cofondateurr
  • cofondatteur
  • cofondatuer
  • cofonddateur
  • cofondtaeur
  • cofonndateur
  • coofndateur
  • ocfondateur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cofondateur - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccofondateur1cfoondateur2coffondateur1cofnodateur2cofodnateur2cofonadteur2cofondaetur2cofondateru2
Edit distance from "cofondateur"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cofondateur"?
"cofondateur" is spelled C-O-F-O-N-D-A-T-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.fɔ̃.da.tœʁ\.
What does "cofondateur" mean?
As a noun, "cofondateur" means: Personne qui est a fondé quelque chose avec d’autres.
What are common misspellings of "cofondateur"?
Common misspellings include "ccofondateur", "cfoondateur", "coffondateur", "cofnodateur", "cofodnateur". The correct spelling is "cofondateur".
How do you pronounce "cofondateur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cofondateur" is \kɔ.fɔ̃.da.tœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cofondateur" come from?
"cofondateur" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cofondateur", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list