complémentaires
\kɔ̃.ple.mɑ̃.tɛʁ\
The verdict
“complémentaires” has 24 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,937. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,937
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 24
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de complémentaire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-complementaires · complémentaires · French
complémentaires · rank #6,937 · 24 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #6,937
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 24 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH complicité
Nearest frequency peer: complicité (-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 “complémentaires”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- char
char
93,067 corpus weight
- chirurgien
chirurgien
93,066 corpus weight
- complicité
complicité
93,065 corpus weight
- complémenta…
complémentaires
93,064 corpus weight
- comprise
comprise
93,063 corpus weight
- concrètement
concrètement
93,061 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “complémentaires” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | complémentaires |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.ple.mɑ̃.tɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #6,937 |
| Misspellings tracked | 24 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “complémentaires” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 24 spelling variants around complémentaires (IPA \kɔ̃.ple.mɑ̃.tɛʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,937 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de complémentaire.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 24 likely wrong-spelling variants for complémentaires, with forms such as "ccomplémentaires", "cmoplémentaires", and "comlpémentaires". 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, "complémentaire", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is complémentaires, spelled C-O-M-P-L-É-M-E-N-T-A-I-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de complémentaire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how complémentaires appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les tubes des nouveaux ducs d’Albe, acheminés d’Italie par le navire SDK Spain le 15 février à Saint-Wandrille, ont pu recevoir des soudures complémentaires sur le terre-plein du terminal mis à disposition par le Service Territorial de Honfleur/Port-Jérôme du GPMR.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccomplémentaires
- cmoplémentaires
- comlpémentaires
- commplémentaires
- complementaires
- compllémentaires
- complméentaires
- compléemntaires
- complémenatires
- complémenntaires
- complémentaiers
- complémentairess
- complémentairres
- complémentairse
- complémentaries
- complémentiares
- complémenttaires
- complémetnaires
- complémmentaires
- complémnetaires
- compplémentaires
- compélmentaires
- copmlémentaires
- ocmplémentaires
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of complémentaires - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "complémentaires", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (24 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "complémentaire". View pair
- 24 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #6,937 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "C" letter cohort. C–Z browse
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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.