compares

\kɔ̃.paʁ\

/\kɔ̃.paʁ\/ verb

The verdict

“compares” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,939. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,939
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de comparer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-compares · compares · French

compares · rank #44,939 · 11 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,939
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH coloriage

Nearest frequency peer: coloriage (-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 « compares »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « compares » 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).

compares vs compris
75% similar
compares vs comptes
75% similar
compares vs compère
75% similar

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

Key facts for compares
PropertyValue
Headwordcompares
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ̃.paʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#44,939
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « compares »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.comparesse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « coloriage » (#44,938), « complex » (#44,940), « collagène » (#44,937). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « compares » est au #44,939. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around compares (IPA \kɔ̃.paʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #44,939 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for compares, with forms such as "ccompares", "cmopares", and "comapres". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "compris", "comptes", "compère", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is compares, spelled C-O-M-P-A-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de comparer.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du singulier du subjonctif présent de comparer.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccompares
  • cmopares
  • comapres
  • commpares
  • compaers
  • comparres
  • comparse
  • comppares
  • compraes
  • copmares
  • ocmpares

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of compares - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccompares1cmopares2comapres2commpares1compaers2comparres1comparse2comppares1
Edit distance from "compares"

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 "compares"?
"compares" is spelled C-O-M-P-A-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.paʁ\.
What does "compares" mean?
As a verb, "compares" means: Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de comparer.
What words are commonly confused with "compares"?
"compares" is commonly confused with "compris", "comptes", "compère". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "compares"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "compares" is \kɔ̃.paʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "compares" come from?
"compares" 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 "compares", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list