compatible

\kɔ̃.pa.tibl\

/\kɔ̃.pa.tibl\/ adj

The verdict

“compatible” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,289. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,289
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui peut exister, s’accorder avec quelqu’un ou quelque chose.

Corpus desk

Index FR-compatible · compatible · French

compatible · rank #7,289 · 15 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,289
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH claires

Nearest frequency peer: claires (-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 « compatible »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « compatible » 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).

compatible vs comptable
80% similar
compatible vs compatibles
91% similar
compatible vs comparable
80% similar

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

Key facts for compatible
PropertyValue
Headwordcompatible
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kɔ̃.pa.tibl\
Letters10
Frequency rank#7,289
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « compatible »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).compatiblese 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 « claires » (#7,288), « complice » (#7,290), « citations » (#7,287). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « compatible » est au #7,289. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around compatible (IPA \kɔ̃.pa.tibl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #7,289 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for compatible, with forms such as "ccompatible", "cmopatible", and "comaptible". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "comptable", "compatibles", "comparable", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 compatible, spelled C-O-M-P-A-T-I-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui peut exister, s’accorder avec quelqu’un ou quelque chose.
  2. 2
    Facilement modulable ou connectable sans interface ou manipulation compliquée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La France demande que soit soumise au Tribunal de La Haye la question de savoir si le pacte franco-soviétique est compatible avec Locarno.
  2. J'attends qu'elle revienne tandis qu'elle voudrait que je l'oublie. J'attends qu'elle change, alors qu'elle est enfin bien dans sa peau, dit-elle, et elle m'en remercie, mais je ne suis plus compatible avec ce que je l'ai aidée à devenir.

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccompatible
  • cmopatible
  • comaptible
  • commpatible
  • compaitble
  • compatbile
  • compatibble
  • compatibel
  • compatiblle
  • compatilbe
  • compattible
  • comppatible
  • comptaible
  • copmatible
  • ocmpatible

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccompatible1cmopatible2comaptible2commpatible1compaitble2compatbile2compatibble1compatibel2
Edit distance from "compatible"

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 "compatible"?
"compatible" is spelled C-O-M-P-A-T-I-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.pa.tibl\.
What does "compatible" mean?
As an adjective, "compatible" means: Qui peut exister, s’accorder avec quelqu’un ou quelque chose.
What words are commonly confused with "compatible"?
"compatible" is commonly confused with "comptable", "compatibles", "comparable". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "compatible"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "compatible" is \kɔ̃.pa.tibl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "compatible" come from?
"compatible" 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 "compatible", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list