compliment

\kɔ̃.pli.mɑ̃\

/\kɔ̃.pli.mɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“compliment” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,846. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,846
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Paroles louant la qualité d’une chose ou d’une personne.

Corpus desk

Index FR-compliment · compliment · French

compliment · rank #10,846 · 16 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,846
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH complications

Nearest frequency peer: complications (-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 « compliment »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « compliment » 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).

compliment vs compliments
91% similar
compliment vs compliquent
82% similar
compliment vs complimenter
83% similar

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

Key facts for compliment
PropertyValue
Headwordcompliment
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.pli.mɑ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#10,846
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « compliment »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).complimentse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « complications » (#10,845), « continuant » (#10,847), « combustion » (#10,844). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « compliment » est au #10,846. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around compliment (IPA \kɔ̃.pli.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,846 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for compliment, with forms such as "ccompliment", "cmopliment", and "comlpiment". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "compliments", "compliquent", "complimenter", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is compliment, spelled C-O-M-P-L-I-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Paroles louant la qualité d’une chose ou d’une personne.
  2. 2
    Paroles de civilité, obligeantes, flatteuses, par lesquelles on témoigne à quelqu’un le respect, l’affection, l’estime qu’on a pour lui, ou la part que l’on prend à ce qui lui arrive.
  3. 3
    Simple terme de civilité pour se rappeler au souvenir de quelqu’un.
  4. 4
    Paroles désobligeantes ou injurieuses.
  5. 5
    Opposé de l’intention réelle, des promesses effectives.
  6. 6
    Petit discours en vers ou en prose qu’on fait réciter ou présenter par un enfant à son père, à sa mère, ou à une autre personne, le jour de leur fête ou le premier jour de l’an, pour les complimenter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Tout en faisant oublier adroitement Nicolas, pour dissiper la méfiance dans cette âme naïve, Catherine y distillait superfinement l’ambroisie des compliments.
  2. — Vous avez de beaux yeux. — Merci pour le compliment.

Synonyms

élogefélicitationflatterie

This word in other languages

compliment(English)cumplido(Español)Kompliment(Deutsch)cumprimento(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccompliment
  • cmopliment
  • comlpiment
  • commpliment
  • compilment
  • compliemnt
  • complimennt
  • complimentt
  • complimetn
  • complimment
  • complimnet
  • complliment
  • complmient
  • comppliment
  • copmliment
  • ocmpliment

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of compliment - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccompliment1cmopliment2comlpiment2commpliment1compilment2compliemnt2complimennt1complimentt1
Edit distance from "compliment"

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 "compliment"?
"compliment" is spelled C-O-M-P-L-I-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.pli.mɑ̃\.
What does "compliment" mean?
As a noun, "compliment" means: Paroles louant la qualité d’une chose ou d’une personne.
What words are commonly confused with "compliment"?
"compliment" is commonly confused with "compliments", "compliquent", "complimenter". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "compliment"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "compliment" is \kɔ̃.pli.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "compliment" come from?
"compliment" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

continuant#10,847combustion#10,844coéquipier#10,850créanciers#10,853

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

baccalauréat16 variantsathlétisme16 variantsséparément16 variantsintérieures16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list