compétences

\kɔ̃.pe.tɑ̃s\

/\kɔ̃.pe.tɑ̃s\/ noun

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The verdict

“compétences” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,766. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,766
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
18
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de compétence.

Corpus desk

Index FR-competences · compétences · French

compétences · rank #2,766 · 18 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,766
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH clubs

Nearest frequency peer: clubs (-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 « compétences »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « compétences » 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).

compétences vs compétents
82% similar
compétences vs compétente
82% similar
compétences vs compétentes
91% similar

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

Key facts for compétences
PropertyValue
Headwordcompétences
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.pe.tɑ̃s\
Letters11
Frequency rank#2,766
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « compétences »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.compétencesse 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 « clubs » (#2,765), « coupable » (#2,767), « chère » (#2,764). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « compétences » est au #2,766. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around compétences (IPA \kɔ̃.pe.tɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,766 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de compétence.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for compétences, with forms such as "ccompétences", "cmopétences", and "commpétences". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "compétents", "compétente", "compétentes", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is compétences, spelled C-O-M-P-É-T-E-N-C-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de compétence.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Il faut toujours essayer de « subsidiariser », c’est-à-dire de donner les compétences au plus près des besoins afin que les décisions appartiennent à des autorités locales qui connaissent les questions et non à des autorités qui n’ont fait que lire un rapport.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccompétences
  • cmopétences
  • commpétences
  • competences
  • comppétences
  • comptéences
  • compéetnces
  • compétecnes
  • compétencces
  • compétencess
  • compétencse
  • compétenecs
  • compétennces
  • compétneces
  • compéttences
  • coméptences
  • copmétences
  • ocmpétences

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccompétences1cmopétences2commpétences1competences1comppétences1comptéences2compéetnces2compétecnes2
Edit distance from "compétences"

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 "compétences"?
"compétences" is spelled C-O-M-P-É-T-E-N-C-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.pe.tɑ̃s\.
What does "compétences" mean?
As a noun, "compétences" means: Pluriel de compétence.
What words are commonly confused with "compétences"?
"compétences" is commonly confused with "compétents", "compétente", "compétentes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "compétences"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "compétences" is \kɔ̃.pe.tɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "compétences" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list