complainte
\kɔ̃.plɛ̃t\
The verdict
“complainte” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,946. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,946
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Type de chansons populaires au ton plaintif.
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 | complainte |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.plɛ̃t\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #34,946 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “complainte” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around complainte (IPA \kɔ̃.plɛ̃t\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,946 among 257,141 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for complainte, with forms such as "ccomplainte", "cmoplainte", and "comlpainte". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "complaire", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 complainte, spelled C-O-M-P-L-A-I-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Type de chansons populaires au ton plaintif.
- 2Plainte en justice.
- 3Plainte en justice.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccomplainte
- cmoplainte
- comlpainte
- commplainte
- compalinte
- complainet
- complainnte
- complaintte
- complaitne
- complanite
- compliante
- compllainte
- compplainte
- copmlainte
- ocmplainte
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of complainte - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “complainte”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-M-P-L-A-I-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kɔ̃.plɛ̃t\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “complaire” - see the side-by-side comparison. complainte vs complaire
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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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.