compétitivité

\kɔ̃.pe.ti.ti.vi.te\

/\kɔ̃.pe.ti.ti.vi.te\/ noun

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The verdict

“compétitivité” has 20 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,293. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,293
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
20
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Capacité d’une offre, d’une entreprise à affronter la concurrence avec des chances de succès.

Corpus desk

Index FR-competitivite · compétitivité · French

compétitivité · rank #10,293 · 20 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #10,293
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 20 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH comprendra

Nearest frequency peer: comprendra (-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 “compétitivité”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “compétitivité” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

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).

compétitivité vs compétitive
77% similar

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

Key facts for compétitivité
PropertyValue
Headwordcompétitivité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.pe.ti.ti.vi.te\
Letters13
Frequency rank#10,293
Misspellings tracked20
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “compétitivité” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). compétitivité lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 20 spelling variants around compétitivité (IPA \kɔ̃.pe.ti.ti.vi.te\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,293 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for compétitivité, with forms such as "ccompétitivité", "cmopétitivité", and "commpétitivité". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "compétitive", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is compétitivité, spelled C-O-M-P-É-T-I-T-I-V-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Capacité d’une offre, d’une entreprise à affronter la concurrence avec des chances de succès.
  2. 2
    Performance à l’exportation.
  3. 3
    Capacité d'un État à améliorer durablement le niveau de vie de ses habitants et à leur procurer un haut niveau d'emploi et de cohésion sociale dans un environnement de qualité. (Union européenne)
  4. 4
    Caractère d’un sportif ou d’une équipe face à la compétition.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La performance de la sphère publique est aujourd’hui une composante essentielle de la compétitivité qu’impose la mondialisation.
  2. Compétitivité prix (ou compétitivité coût), compétitivité hors-prix : l’Allemagne est un bon exemple de cette distinction, ses coûts de production sont parmi les plus élevés au monde, elle a donc une très faible compétitivité prix. Mais la qualité de ses produits est telle qu’elle exporte ses produits dans le monde entier. Elle a donc une très forte compé…

This word in other languages

competitiveness(English)Wettbewerbsfähigkeit(Deutsch)competitividade(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccompétitivité
  • cmopétitivité
  • commpétitivité
  • competitivite
  • comppétitivité
  • comptéitivité
  • compéittivité
  • compétiitvité
  • compétitiivté
  • compétitivitté
  • compétitiviét
  • compétitivtié
  • compétitivvité
  • compétittivité
  • compétitviité
  • compéttiivité
  • compéttitivité
  • coméptitivité
  • copmétitivité
  • ocmpétitivité

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of compétitivité - 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.

ccompétitivité1cmopétitivité2commpétitivité1competitivite2comppétitivité1comptéitivité2compéittivité2compétiitvité2
Edit distance from "compétitivité"

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 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "compétitivité"?
"compétitivité" is spelled C-O-M-P-É-T-I-T-I-V-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.pe.ti.ti.vi.te\.
What does "compétitivité" mean?
As a noun, "compétitivité" means: Capacité d’une offre, d’une entreprise à affronter la concurrence avec des chances de succès.
What words are commonly confused with "compétitivité"?
"compétitivité" is commonly confused with "compétitive". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "compétitivité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "compétitivité" is \kɔ̃.pe.ti.ti.vi.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "compétitivité" come from?
"compétitivité" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

consultations#10,299géographiques#10,334réglementaire#10,235représentatif#10,226

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).

explicitement20 variantsautomobilistes20 variantsprotagonistes20 variantsdisponibilité20 variants

What to do next

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  • This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "compétitive". View pair
  • 20 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
  • Usage frequency rank #10,293 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list