compil

\kɔ̃.pil\

/\kɔ̃.pil\/ noun

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The verdict

“compil” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,665. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,665
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-compil · compil · French

compil · rank #46,665 · 9 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #46,665
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH compatir

Nearest frequency peer: compatir (-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 « compil »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « compil » 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).

compil vs copie
67% similar
compil vs compo
67% similar
compil vs compte
67% similar

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

Key facts for compil
PropertyValue
Headwordcompil
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.pil\
Letters6
Frequency rank#46,665
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « compil »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.compilse 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 « compatir » (#46,664), « concertos » (#46,666), « communier » (#46,663). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « compil » est au #46,665. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around compil (IPA \kɔ̃.pil\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,665 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Compilation.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for compil, with forms such as "ccompil", "cmopil", and "comipl". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "copie", "compo", "compte", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 compil, spelled C-O-M-P-I-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Compilation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Et, dans cette quête d’originalité, il est toutefois agréable d’assister à des exhumations bien sympathiques telle que la compil de Untel, apocope informatico-médiatique de compilation (Lat. compilare de pilare, piller).

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccompil
  • cmopil
  • comipl
  • commpil
  • compill
  • compli
  • comppil
  • copmil
  • ocmpil

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccompil1cmopil2comipl2commpil1compill1compli2comppil1copmil2
Edit distance from "compil"

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 "compil"?
"compil" is spelled C-O-M-P-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.pil\.
What does "compil" mean?
As a noun, "compil" means: Compilation.
What words are commonly confused with "compil"?
"compil" is commonly confused with "copie", "compo", "compte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "compil"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "compil" is \kɔ̃.pil\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "compil" come from?
"compil" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Chávez#46,650cotons#46,680Charon#46,644deacon#46,690

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

calquée9 variantsDombes9 variantsdorsal9 variantsdribble9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list