compartiment

\kɔ̃.paʁ.ti.mɑ̃\

/\kɔ̃.paʁ.ti.mɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“compartiment” has 19 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,639. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,639
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
19
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-compartiment · compartiment · French

compartiment · rank #14,639 · 19 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,639
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 19 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH comparant

Nearest frequency peer: comparant (-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 « compartiment »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « compartiment » 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).

compartiment vs comportement
83% similar
compartiment vs compartiments
92% similar

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

Key facts for compartiment
PropertyValue
Headwordcompartiment
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.paʁ.ti.mɑ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#14,639
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « compartiment »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).compartimentse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « comparant » (#14,638), « compromettre » (#14,640), « commando » (#14,637). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « compartiment » est au #14,639. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 19 spelling variants around compartiment (IPA \kɔ̃.paʁ.ti.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,639 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for compartiment, with forms such as "ccompartiment", "cmopartiment", and "comaprtiment". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "comportement", "compartiments", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is compartiment, spelled C-O-M-P-A-R-T-I-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Case ; division.
  2. 2
    Divisions d’un wagon séparées par des cloisons.
  3. 3
    Cellule intérieure d’un navire.
  4. 4
    Subdivision d’un ensemble, motif qui forme un réseau décoratif.
  5. 5
    Subdivision d’un bâtiment, en termes de sécurité incendie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On ménage une porte d’entrée, à laquelle on parvient avec une échelle, et on forme des compartiments en planches pour recevoir le grain.
  2. Placer les pastilles de détergent dans le compartiment à lessive et non dans le panier à couverts et respecter les doses indiquées par les fabricants.

This word in other languages

compartment(English)cupé(Español)Fach(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccompartiment
  • cmopartiment
  • comaprtiment
  • commpartiment
  • comparitment
  • comparrtiment
  • compartiemnt
  • compartimennt
  • compartimentt
  • compartimetn
  • compartimment
  • compartimnet
  • compartmient
  • comparttiment
  • compatriment
  • comppartiment
  • compratiment
  • copmartiment
  • ocmpartiment

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccompartiment1cmopartiment2comaprtiment2commpartiment1comparitment2comparrtiment1compartiemnt2compartimennt1
Edit distance from "compartiment"

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 "compartiment"?
"compartiment" is spelled C-O-M-P-A-R-T-I-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.paʁ.ti.mɑ̃\.
What does "compartiment" mean?
As a noun, "compartiment" means: Case ; division.
What words are commonly confused with "compartiment"?
"compartiment" is commonly confused with "comportement", "compartiments". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "compartiment"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "compartiment" is \kɔ̃.paʁ.ti.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "compartiment" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

compromettre#14,640continentale#14,645destinataire#14,655deuxièmement#14,656

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).

intellectuelles19 variantssatisfaisante19 variantsmétaphysique19 variantsprésentateur19 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list