complexe
\kɔ̃.plɛks\
The verdict
“complexe” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,808. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,808
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui n’est pas simple ; qui embrasse des éléments divers et entremêlés.
Corpus desk
Index FR-complexe · complexe · French
complexe · rank #1,808 · 12 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,808
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH complet
Nearest frequency peer: complet (-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 “complexe”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- championnat
championnat
98,196 corpus weight
- chasse
chasse
98,195 corpus weight
- complet
complet
98,194 corpus weight
- complexe
complexe
98,193 corpus weight
- concert
concert
98,192 corpus weight
- constitution
constitution
98,191 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “complexe” 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 | complexe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.plɛks\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #1,808 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “complexe” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around complexe (IPA \kɔ̃.plɛks\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,808 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for complexe, with forms such as "ccomplexe", "cmoplexe", and "comlpexe". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "couplée", "complice", "complexité", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is complexe, spelled C-O-M-P-L-E-X-E.
Definition
- 1Qui n’est pas simple ; qui embrasse des éléments divers et entremêlés.
- 2Qualifie un nombre qui peut s'écrire de la forme a+ib où a et b sont deux nombres réels et i l'unité imaginaire.
- 3Dont il est très difficile, voire impossible, d’anticiper les résultats.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how complexe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quand elle rentrait dans la chambre surchauffée du poêle où se mariaient des odeurs complexes de tourteaux broyés et de racines cuites pour le lécher des vaches, Finaud la regardait d'un œil mi-interrogateur, mi-narquois.
Dans la pratique il est difficile de préciser les points de coagulation d'un mélange aussi complexe que la crème anglaise, par exemple.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccomplexe
- cmoplexe
- comlpexe
- commplexe
- compelxe
- compleex
- complexxe
- compllexe
- complxee
- compplexe
- copmlexe
- ocmplexe
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of complexe - 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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "complexe", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "complexe". Here's where to go from here.
- "complexe" maps to 12 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "couplée". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #1,808 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "C" letter cohort. C–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.