compatissant

\kɔ̃.pa.ti.sɑ̃\

/\kɔ̃.pa.ti.sɑ̃\/ adj

The verdict

“compatissant” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,188. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,188
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
17
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est porté à la compassion.

Corpus desk

Index FR-compatissant · compatissant · French

compatissant · rank #41,188 · 17 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,188
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH comparses

Nearest frequency peer: comparses (-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 « compatissant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « compatissant » 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
Key facts for compatissant
PropertyValue
Headwordcompatissant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kɔ̃.pa.ti.sɑ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#41,188
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « compatissant »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).compatissantse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « comparses » (#41,187), « concurrentielle » (#41,189), « combattue » (#41,186). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « compatissant » est au #41,188. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around compatissant (IPA \kɔ̃.pa.ti.sɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #41,188 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for compatissant, with forms such as "ccompatissant", "cmopatissant", and "comaptissant". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is compatissant, spelled C-O-M-P-A-T-I-S-S-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est porté à la compassion.
  2. 2
    Qui exprime la compassion.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Bref, si Tchitchikov l'avait rencontré dans cet accoutrement sur le parvis d'une église, il lui eût sans doute donné un liard, car notre héros, soit dit à son honneur, était compatissant et ne pouvait s'empêcher de faire l'aumône.
  2. Mais la pauvre fille … était si compatissante pour les souffrances des animaux que, le plus souvent, voyant les contorsions des poissons qu'elle tirait de la rivière, elle les y remettait.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccompatissant
  • cmopatissant
  • comaptissant
  • commpatissant
  • compaitssant
  • compatisant
  • compatisasnt
  • compatissannt
  • compatissantt
  • compatissatn
  • compatissnat
  • compatsisant
  • compattissant
  • comppatissant
  • comptaissant
  • copmatissant
  • ocmpatissant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of compatissant - 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.

ccompatissant1cmopatissant2comaptissant2commpatissant1compaitssant2compatisant1compatisasnt2compatissannt1
Edit distance from "compatissant"

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 "compatissant"?
"compatissant" is spelled C-O-M-P-A-T-I-S-S-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.pa.ti.sɑ̃\.
What does "compatissant" mean?
As an adjective, "compatissant" means: Qui est porté à la compassion.
What are common misspellings of "compatissant"?
Common misspellings include "ccompatissant", "cmopatissant", "comaptissant", "commpatissant", "compaitssant". The correct spelling is "compatissant".
How do you pronounce "compatissant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "compatissant" is \kɔ̃.pa.ti.sɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "compatissant" come from?
"compatissant" 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 "compatissant", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list