components

\kəmˈpoʊ.nənts\

/\kəmˈpoʊ.nənts\/ noun

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The verdict

“components” is uncommon French (frequency #87,484 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,484
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de component.

Corpus desk

Index FR-components · components · French

components · rank #87,484 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,484
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH concordances

Nearest frequency peer: concordances (+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 « components »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « components » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for components
PropertyValue
Headwordcomponents
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kəmˈpoʊ.nənts\
Letters10
Frequency rank#87,484
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « components » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.componentstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « concordances » (#87,485), « communiques » (#87,482), « concordant » (#87,486). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « components » est au #87,484. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

components is uncommon French at frequency #87,484 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kəmˈpoʊ.nənts\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de component.".

components doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

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 components, spelled C-O-M-P-O-N-E-N-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de component.

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 "components"?
"components" is spelled C-O-M-P-O-N-E-N-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kəmˈpoʊ.nənts\.
What does "components" mean?
As a noun, "components" means: Pluriel de component.
How do you pronounce "components"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "components" is \kəmˈpoʊ.nənts\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "components" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

concordant#87,486colistiers#87,475céphalique#87,514chambranle#87,447

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list