complement
\ˈkɒm.plə.ˌmɛnt\
The verdict
“complement” is uncommon French (frequency #71,371 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,371
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Compléter, remplir, faire un complément.
Corpus desk
Index FR-complement · complement · French
complement · rank #71,371 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,371
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH complaît
Nearest frequency peer: complaît (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « complement »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- communiquons
communiquons
28,633 corpus weight
- complaît
complaît
28,631 corpus weight
- complement
complement
28,630 corpus weight
- compulsion
compulsion
28,629 corpus weight
- concitoyen
concitoyen
28,628 corpus weight
- confectionn…
confectionnée
28,627 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « complement » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | complement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈkɒm.plə.ˌmɛnt\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #71,371 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « complement » en français
Rare enough to double-check
complement is uncommon French at frequency #71,371 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈkɒm.plə.ˌmɛnt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Compléter, remplir, faire un complément.".
complement doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is complement, spelled C-O-M-P-L-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Compléter, remplir, faire un complément.
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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