compétitif
\kɔ̃.pe.ti.tif\
The verdict
“compétitif” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,345. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,345
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Capable d'affronter avec succès la concurrence.
Corpus desk
Index FR-competitif · compétitif · French
compétitif · rank #13,345 · 16 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,345
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH coloré
Nearest frequency peer: coloré (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “compétitif”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- chronologiq…
chronologique
86,659 corpus weight
- citant
citant
86,658 corpus weight
- coloré
coloré
86,657 corpus weight
- compétitif
compétitif
86,656 corpus weight
- cook
cook
86,655 corpus weight
- coopératives
coopératives
86,654 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “compétitif” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | compétitif |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.pe.ti.tif\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #13,345 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “compétitif” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around compétitif (IPA \kɔ̃.pe.ti.tif\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #13,345 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Capable d'affronter avec succès la concurrence.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for compétitif, with forms such as "ccompétitif", "cmopétitif", and "commpétitif". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "compétition", "compétitifs", "compétitive", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is compétitif, spelled C-O-M-P-É-T-I-T-I-F.
Definition
- 1Capable d'affronter avec succès la concurrence.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how compétitif appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nos entreprises sont devenues très compétitives et capables de s'engager sur des marchés hyper-concurrentiels.
La jeune marque propose deux modèles de VAE (vélo à assistance électrique) intelligents, innovants, à des prix très compétitifs (entre 1700 et 2300 €).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccompétitif
- cmopétitif
- commpétitif
- competitif
- comppétitif
- comptéitif
- compéittif
- compétiitf
- compétitfi
- compétitiff
- compétittif
- compéttiif
- compéttitif
- coméptitif
- copmétitif
- ocmpétitif
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of compétitif - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "compétitif", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.