complétaient
\kɔ̃.ple.tɛ\
The verdict
“complétaient” is uncommon French (frequency #76,449 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,449
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif imparfait de compléter.
Corpus desk
Index FR-completaient · complétaient · French
complétaient · rank #76,449 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,449
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH comparaissent
Nearest frequency peer: comparaissent (-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 « complétaient »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- comer
comer
23,555 corpus weight
- communions
communions
23,554 corpus weight
- comparaisse…
comparaissent
23,553 corpus weight
- complétaient
complétaient
23,552 corpus weight
- compromettr…
compromettrait
23,551 corpus weight
- concluez
concluez
23,550 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « complétaient » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | complétaient |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.ple.tɛ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #76,449 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « complétaient » en français
Rare enough to double-check
complétaient is uncommon French at frequency #76,449 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \kɔ̃.ple.tɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif imparfait de compléter.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for complétaient, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is complétaient, spelled C-O-M-P-L-É-T-A-I-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif imparfait de compléter.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how complétaient appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un gilet blanc à broderie, un vieil habit de drap verdâtre-marron à boutons de métal et une chemise à jabot plissé dormant complétaient ce costume.
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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