complaisance

\kɔ̃.plɛ.zɑ̃s\

/\kɔ̃.plɛ.zɑ̃s\/ noun

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The verdict

“complaisance” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,593. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,593
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
18
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de s’accommoder au sentiment, au goût de quelqu’un pour lui plaire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-complaisance · complaisance · French

complaisance · rank #15,593 · 18 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #15,593
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH compacte

Nearest frequency peer: compacte (-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 « complaisance »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « complaisance » 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).

complaisance vs complaisant
83% similar

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

Key facts for complaisance
PropertyValue
Headwordcomplaisance
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.plɛ.zɑ̃s\
Letters12
Frequency rank#15,593
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « complaisance »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.complaisancese 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 « compacte » (#15,592), « comprimé » (#15,594), « colorés » (#15,591). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « complaisance » est au #15,593. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around complaisance (IPA \kɔ̃.plɛ.zɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,593 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for complaisance, with forms such as "ccomplaisance", "cmoplaisance", and "comlpaisance". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "complaisant", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is complaisance, spelled C-O-M-P-L-A-I-S-A-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de s’accommoder au sentiment, au goût de quelqu’un pour lui plaire.
  2. 2
    Indulgence excessive.
  3. 3
    Plaisir, satisfaction, en parlant des personnes qu’on estime, qu’on aime, des choses dans lesquelles on se complaît.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Comment l’amant prime-t-il sur le mari ? moins par la passion, le plus souvent, que par l’assiduité et la complaisance, en flattant la fantaisie.
  2. — Voulez-vous avoir la complaisance de m’indiquer un pharmacien ? dit-elle.

This word in other languages

kindness(English)conveniencia(Español)Liebenswürdigkeit(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccomplaisance
  • cmoplaisance
  • comlpaisance
  • commplaisance
  • compalisance
  • complaiasnce
  • complaisacne
  • complaisancce
  • complaisanec
  • complaisannce
  • complaisnace
  • complaissance
  • complasiance
  • compliasance
  • compllaisance
  • compplaisance
  • copmlaisance
  • ocmplaisance

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccomplaisance1cmoplaisance2comlpaisance2commplaisance1compalisance2complaiasnce2complaisacne2complaisancce1
Edit distance from "complaisance"

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 "complaisance"?
"complaisance" is spelled C-O-M-P-L-A-I-S-A-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.plɛ.zɑ̃s\.
What does "complaisance" mean?
As a noun, "complaisance" means: Action de s’accommoder au sentiment, au goût de quelqu’un pour lui plaire.
What words are commonly confused with "complaisance"?
"complaisance" is commonly confused with "complaisant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "complaisance"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "complaisance" is \kɔ̃.plɛ.zɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "complaisance" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

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

légalisation18 variantsretournement18 variantsproclamation18 variantsrésistances18 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list