compatriote

\kɔ̃.pa.tʁi.jɔt\

/\kɔ̃.pa.tʁi.jɔt\/ noun

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The verdict

“compatriote” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,737. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,737
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne provenant d’une même région ou pays, ayant la même patrie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-compatriote · compatriote · French

compatriote · rank #11,737 · 16 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #11,737
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH comparables

Nearest frequency peer: comparables (-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 « compatriote »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « compatriote » 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).

compatriote vs compatriotes
92% similar

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

Key facts for compatriote
PropertyValue
Headwordcompatriote
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.pa.tʁi.jɔt\
Letters11
Frequency rank#11,737
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « compatriote »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).compatriotese 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 « comparables » (#11,736), « compression » (#11,738), « company » (#11,735). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « compatriote » est au #11,737. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around compatriote (IPA \kɔ̃.pa.tʁi.jɔt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,737 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Personne provenant d’une même région ou pays, ayant la même patrie.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for compatriote, with forms such as "ccompatriote", "cmopatriote", and "comaptriote". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "compatriotes", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is compatriote, spelled C-O-M-P-A-T-R-I-O-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne provenant d’une même région ou pays, ayant la même patrie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il attendait des Européens, des compatriotes qui abandonnaient leur pays pour courir les hasards d’une expédition lointaine.
  2. Ils attendent l'aube stoïquement, devant un café-crème ou, favorisés par la chance, font parfois la rencontre d'un compatriote qui leur paie à souper.

Synonyms

concitoyen

Antonyms

étranger

This word in other languages

compatriot(English)compatriota(Español)Volksgenosse(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccompatriote
  • cmopatriote
  • comaptriote
  • commpatriote
  • compartiote
  • compatirote
  • compatrioet
  • compatriotte
  • compatritoe
  • compatroite
  • compatrriote
  • compattriote
  • comppatriote
  • comptariote
  • copmatriote
  • ocmpatriote

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccompatriote1cmopatriote2comaptriote2commpatriote1compartiote2compatirote2compatrioet2compatriotte1
Edit distance from "compatriote"

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 "compatriote"?
"compatriote" is spelled C-O-M-P-A-T-R-I-O-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.pa.tʁi.jɔt\.
What does "compatriote" mean?
As a noun, "compatriote" means: Personne provenant d’une même région ou pays, ayant la même patrie.
What words are commonly confused with "compatriote"?
"compatriote" is commonly confused with "compatriotes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "compatriote"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "compatriote" is \kɔ̃.pa.tʁi.jɔt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "compatriote" come from?
"compatriote" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

comparables#11,736compression#11,738construites#11,743dessinateur#11,752

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

comptables16 variantsanciennement16 variantsgénéralisée16 variantsvalenciennes16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list