compatir
\kɔ̃.pa.tiʁ\
The verdict
“compatir” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,664. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #46,664
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Être touché de compassion pour les maux d’autrui.
Corpus desk
Index FR-compatir · compatir · French
compatir · rank #46,664 · 12 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #46,664
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH communier
Nearest frequency peer: communier (-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 « compatir »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- cocottes
cocottes
53,341 corpus weight
- communier
communier
53,338 corpus weight
- compatir
compatir
53,337 corpus weight
- compil
compil
53,336 corpus weight
- concertos
concertos
53,335 corpus weight
- concurrenti…
concurrentiels
53,334 corpus weight
What this shows « compatir » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | compatir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.pa.tiʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #46,664 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « compatir »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around compatir (IPA \kɔ̃.pa.tiʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #46,664 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for compatir, with forms such as "ccompatir", "cmopatir", and "comaptir". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "compter", "comptoir", "compatis", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is compatir, spelled C-O-M-P-A-T-I-R.
Definition
- 1Être touché de compassion pour les maux d’autrui.
- 2Souffrir les fautes, les faiblesses de son prochain avec indulgence.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how compatir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On semble plutôt compatir au chagrin que dissimule son visage fermé, admettre sa réserve et la dignité qu'il met dans ces formalités pénibles.
Comment ne pas compatir avec la terreur des contemporains quand on sait que les troupes mongoles purent alors, à quelques mois d’intervalle, dévaster Baghdad, Damas, Cracovie en Pologne et la province chinoise de Szetchuan !
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccompatir
- cmopatir
- comaptir
- commpatir
- compaitr
- compatirr
- compatri
- compattir
- comppatir
- comptair
- copmatir
- ocmpatir
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of compatir - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "compatir", 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 (12 here; floor ≥5).