compact

\kɔ̃.pakt\

/\kɔ̃.pakt\/ adj

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The verdict

“compact” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,754. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,754
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Condensé, resserré.

Corpus desk

Index FR-compact · compact · French

compact · rank #13,754 · 11 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,754
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH communale

Nearest frequency peer: communale (-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 « compact »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « compact » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

compact vs contact
71% similar
compact vs complet
71% similar
compact vs complot
71% similar

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

Key facts for compact
PropertyValue
Headwordcompact
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kɔ̃.pakt\
Letters7
Frequency rank#13,754
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « compact »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).compactse 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 « communale » (#13,753), « comparativement » (#13,755), « commode » (#13,752). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « compact » est au #13,754. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around compact (IPA \kɔ̃.pakt\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #13,754 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for compact, with forms such as "ccompact", "cmopact", and "comapct". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "contact", "complet", "complot", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is compact, spelled C-O-M-P-A-C-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Condensé, resserré.
  2. 2
    Pressé, étroitement uni.
  3. 3
    Massif.
  4. 4
    Dont le texte imprimé est très serré, en parlant d’un livre.
  5. 5
    Dont chaque volume renferme la matière de plusieurs volumes des éditions ordinaires, en parlant d’une édition.
  6. 6
    Qualifie un espace topologique séparé pour lequel de tout recouvrement par des ouverts peut être extrait un sous-recouvrement fini (propriété de Borel-Lebesgue).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le pain à mie compacte et bise, à la croûte épaisse couleur de couque, sent la farine honnête.
  2. C’est extraordinairement compact, un livre. Ça ne se laisse pas entamer. Il paraît, d’ailleurs, que ça brûle difficilement. Même le feu ne peut s’insinuer entre les pages.

This word in other languages

compact(English)compacto(Español)kompakt(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccompact
  • cmopact
  • comapct
  • commpact
  • compacct
  • compactt
  • compatc
  • compcat
  • comppact
  • copmact
  • ocmpact

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of compact - 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.

ccompact1cmopact2comapct2commpact1compacct1compactt1compatc2compcat2
Edit distance from "compact"

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 "compact"?
"compact" is spelled C-O-M-P-A-C-T. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.pakt\.
What does "compact" mean?
As an adjective, "compact" means: Condensé, resserré.
What words are commonly confused with "compact"?
"compact" is commonly confused with "contact", "complet", "complot". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "compact"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "compact" is \kɔ̃.pakt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "compact" come from?
"compact" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

commode#13,752caresse#13,747boivent#13,743batteur#13,740

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

communale11 variantschoisies11 variantscuisines11 variantsdotation11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list