comité

\kɔ.mi.te\

/\kɔ.mi.te\/ noun

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The verdict

“comité” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,088. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,088
frequency rank, French
257,141
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Réunion de personnes commises par un groupement (assemblée, société, syndicat, etc.) pour l’examen et la préparation de certaines affaires ou pour assurer la marche de toutes les affaires concernan...

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

comité vs côte
33% similar
comité vs comme
50% similar
comité vs comte
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for comité
PropertyValue
Headwordcomité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.mi.te\
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,088
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “comité” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). comité lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around comité (IPA \kɔ.mi.te\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,088 among 257,141 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for comité, with forms such as "ccomité", "cmoité", and "coimté". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "côte", "comme", "comte", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is comité, spelled C-O-M-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Réunion de personnes commises par un groupement (assemblée, société, syndicat, etc.) pour l’examen et la préparation de certaines affaires ou pour assurer la marche de toutes les affaires concernant ce groupement.
  2. 2
    Organisation sportive de niveau intermédiaire entre les ski-clubs et la Fédération française de ski.
  3. 3
    Groupe restreint à un petit nombre de personnes entre lesquelles règne ordinairement une certaine familiarité.

Synonyms

commission

This word in other languages

committee(English)Komitee(Deutsch)comitê(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccomité
  • cmoité
  • coimté
  • comite
  • comitté
  • comiét
  • commité
  • comtié
  • ocmité

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of comité - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccomité1cmoité2coimté2comite1comitté1comiét2commité1comtié2
Edit distance from "comité"

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 "comité"?
"comité" is spelled C-O-M-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.mi.te\.
What does "comité" mean?
As a noun, "comité" means: Réunion de personnes commises par un groupement (assemblée, société, syndicat, etc.) pour l’examen et la préparation de certaines affaires ou pour assurer la marche de toutes les affaires concernan...
What words are commonly confused with "comité"?
"comité" is commonly confused with "côte", "comme", "comte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "comité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "comité" is \kɔ.mi.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "comité" come from?
"comité" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “comité”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is C-O-M-I-T-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \kɔ.mi.te\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “côte” - see the side-by-side comparison. comité vs côte
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Same frequency band

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list