comparison

\kəmˈpæɹ.ɪ.sən\

/\kəmˈpæɹ.ɪ.sən\/ noun

The verdict

“comparison” is uncommon French (frequency #72,201 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,201
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-comparison · comparison · French

comparison · rank #72,201 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,201
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH commencions

Nearest frequency peer: commencions (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « comparison »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « comparison » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for comparison
PropertyValue
Headwordcomparison
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kəmˈpæɹ.ɪ.sən\
Letters10
Frequency rank#72,201
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « comparison » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).comparisontombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « commencions » (#72,200), « complexification » (#72,202), « comedia » (#72,199). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « comparison » est au #72,201. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

comparison is uncommon French at frequency #72,201 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kəmˈpæɹ.ɪ.sən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Comparaison.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for comparison, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is comparison, spelled C-O-M-P-A-R-I-S-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Comparaison.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Comparisons between collision data in Czechia from the police database and the public health insurance system revealed that the police database contained only 43% of the injuries recorded by the public health insurance system. A study in the Netherlands found that there was a police record for about 65% of those seriously injured in a collision with a mot…

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 "comparison"?
"comparison" is spelled C-O-M-P-A-R-I-S-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \kəmˈpæɹ.ɪ.sən\.
What does "comparison" mean?
As a noun, "comparison" means: Comparaison.
How do you pronounce "comparison"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "comparison" is \kəmˈpæɹ.ɪ.sən\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "comparison" come from?
"comparison" 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 "comparison", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list