compet
\kɔ̃.pɛt\
The verdict
“compet” is uncommon French (frequency #55,832 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,832
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante orthographique de compète : compétition.
Corpus desk
Index FR-compet · compet · French
compet · rank #55,832 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,832
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH commérages
Nearest frequency peer: commérages (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « compet »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- comblera
comblera
44,172 corpus weight
- commentait
commentait
44,171 corpus weight
- commérages
commérages
44,170 corpus weight
- compet
compet
44,169 corpus weight
- comploter
comploter
44,168 corpus weight
- complotisme
complotisme
44,167 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « compet » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | compet |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.pɛt\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #55,832 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « compet » en français
Rare enough to double-check
compet is uncommon French at frequency #55,832 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ̃.pɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante orthographique de compète : compétition.".
compet has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is compet, spelled C-O-M-P-E-T.
Definition
- 1Variante orthographique de compète : compétition.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how compet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour elle, si les hommes sont plus nombreux que les femmes dans le sport, c’est essentiellement à cause du choix cornélien qui se pose à ces dernières : fonder une famille ou mener une vie de compet.
La compet a été lancée pour tout le monde, c’est un match référence, a réagi Sandrine Gruda, la capitaine des Bleues.
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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