compartiment

/\kɔ̃.paʁ.ti.mɑ̃\/ noun

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#14,639

in French word usage

Misspellings

19

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

compartiment is aFrenchnoun. It means: Case ; division. Pronounced \kɔ̃.paʁ.ti.mɑ̃\. Often confused with comportement and compartiments.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of compartiment in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for compartiment is 12 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ̃.paʁ.ti.mɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #14,639 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 19 documented wrong-spelling variants for compartiment, with forms such as "ccompartiment", "cmopartiment", and "comaprtiment". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, 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.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is compartiment, spelled C-O-M-P-A-R-T-I-M-E-N-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

This word in other languages

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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for compartiment

Misspelling Variants of "compartiment"

ccompartiment13cmopartiment12comaprtiment12commpartiment13comparitment12comparrtiment13compartiemnt12compartimennt13
Misspelling Variants of "compartiment"

Frequency rank: #14,639 in French

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?
"compartiment" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.