compliqué
\kɔ̃.pli.ke\
The verdict
“compliqué” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,415. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,415
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Complexe, embrouillé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-complique · compliqué · French
compliqué · rank #2,415 · 14 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,415
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH collectif
Nearest frequency peer: collectif (-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 « compliqué »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Cm
Cm
97,588 corpus weight
- collectif
collectif
97,587 corpus weight
- compliqué
compliqué
97,586 corpus weight
- condamné
condamné
97,585 corpus weight
- consiste
consiste
97,584 corpus weight
- couper
couper
97,583 corpus weight
What this shows « compliqué » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | compliqué |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.pli.ke\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #2,415 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « compliqué »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around compliqué (IPA \kɔ̃.pli.ke\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,415 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Complexe, embrouillé.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for compliqué, with forms such as "ccompliqué", "cmopliqué", and "comlpiqué". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "compliquée", "compliquer", "compliquées", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is compliqué, spelled C-O-M-P-L-I-Q-U-É.
Definition
- 1Complexe, embrouillé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how compliqué appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Edward Lorenz a hyper-simplifié les équations composant les modèles extrêmement compliqués qui décrivent l’atmosphère afin de mettre en évidence la «sensibilité aux conditions initiales» ou, comme le dit le proverbe, le fait que de petites causes peuvent avoir de grands effets.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccompliqué
- cmopliqué
- comlpiqué
- commpliqué
- compilqué
- compliqqué
- complique
- compliqéu
- compliuqé
- complliqué
- complqiué
- comppliqué
- copmliqué
- ocmpliqué
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of compliqué - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).