compenser
\kɔ̃.pɑ̃.se\
The verdict
“compenser” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,544. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,544
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rétablir un équilibre qui est perdu.
Corpus desk
Index FR-compenser · compenser · French
compenser · rank #7,544 · 14 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,544
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH combler
Nearest frequency peer: combler (-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 « compenser »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- cigarettes
cigarettes
92,460 corpus weight
- collectivité
collectivité
92,459 corpus weight
- combler
combler
92,458 corpus weight
- compenser
compenser
92,457 corpus weight
- compliquée
compliquée
92,456 corpus weight
- comprenez
comprenez
92,455 corpus weight
What this shows « compenser » 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 | compenser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.pɑ̃.se\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #7,544 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « compenser »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around compenser (IPA \kɔ̃.pɑ̃.se\), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,544 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for compenser, with forms such as "ccompenser", "cmopenser", and "comepnser". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "composer", "compensés", "compense", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is compenser, spelled C-O-M-P-E-N-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Rétablir un équilibre qui est perdu.
- 2Dédommager une perte par un avantage considéré comme équivalent.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how compenser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…], et même, comme si elle eût senti qu’elle frustrait le vieux d’une tendresse à laquelle il avait droit, elle cherchait à compenser la chose en l’entourant plus que jamais de soins et de prévenances.
[…]; on avait bien enregistré trois décès, occasionnés par l'influenza, mais les naissances compensaient les décès.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccompenser
- cmopenser
- comepnser
- commpenser
- compenesr
- compennser
- compenserr
- compensre
- compensser
- compesner
- compneser
- comppenser
- copmenser
- ocmpenser
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of compenser - 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 "compenser", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).