compactes

\kɔ̃.pakt\

/\kɔ̃.pakt\/ adj

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The verdict

“compactes” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,954. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,954
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de compact.

Corpus desk

Index FR-compactes · compactes · French

compactes · rank #30,954 · 14 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,954
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH colombier

Nearest frequency peer: colombier (-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 « compactes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « compactes » 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).

compactes vs comptes
78% similar
compactes vs compatis
78% similar
compactes vs compacts
89% similar

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

Key facts for compactes
PropertyValue
Headwordcompactes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kɔ̃.pakt\
Letters9
Frequency rank#30,954
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « compactes »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).compactesse 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 « colombier » (#30,953), « comportementale » (#30,955), « colombiens » (#30,952). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « compactes » est au #30,954. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around compactes (IPA \kɔ̃.pakt\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #30,954 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for compactes, with forms such as "ccompactes", "cmopactes", and "comapctes". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "comptes", "compatis", "compacts", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 compactes, spelled C-O-M-P-A-C-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de compact.
  2. 2
    Masculin ou féminin pluriel de compacte, forme désuète de compact.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les terres en général sont froides et compactes ; les eaux pluviales s’y infiltrent lentement et les rendent fort humides pendant l’hiver et le printemps ; on les désigne, dans le pays, sous le nom de gruette et de bournais.
  2. Les circonvolutions compactes étaient enveloppées de dure-mère, ornées d’un réseau de nerfs et alimentées par d’épaisses artères qui ressemblaient à des galeries dans du blanc-manger.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccompactes
  • cmopactes
  • comapctes
  • commpactes
  • compacctes
  • compacets
  • compactess
  • compactse
  • compacttes
  • compatces
  • compcates
  • comppactes
  • copmactes
  • ocmpactes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccompactes1cmopactes2comapctes2commpactes1compacctes1compacets2compactess1compactse2
Edit distance from "compactes"

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 "compactes"?
"compactes" is spelled C-O-M-P-A-C-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.pakt\.
What does "compactes" mean?
As an adjective, "compactes" means: Féminin pluriel de compact.
What words are commonly confused with "compactes"?
"compactes" is commonly confused with "comptes", "compatis", "compacts". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "compactes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "compactes" is \kɔ̃.pakt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "compactes" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

colombier#30,953chemisier#30,943critérium#30,965Champigny#30,942

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

cultivent14 variantsBourbonnais14 variantsdécouvres14 variantsdédommager14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list