comportements

\kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.mɑ̃\

/\kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.mɑ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“comportements” has 21 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,925. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,925
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
21
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-comportements · comportements · French

comportements · rank #4,925 · 21 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,925
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 21 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH compagnon

Nearest frequency peer: compagnon (-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 « comportements »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « comportements » 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).

comportements vs comportement
92% similar
comportements vs compartiments
85% similar

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

Key facts for comportements
PropertyValue
Headwordcomportements
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.mɑ̃\
Letters13
Frequency rank#4,925
Misspellings tracked21
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « comportements »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.comportementsse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « compagnon » (#4,924), « comprenant » (#4,926), « commander » (#4,923). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « comportements » est au #4,925. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 21 spelling variants around comportements (IPA \kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,925 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de comportement.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for comportements, with forms such as "ccomportements", "cmoportements", and "commportements". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "comportement", "compartiments", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is comportements, spelled C-O-M-P-O-R-T-E-M-E-N-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de comportement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. En définitive, les comportements des couples en matière d’espacement des naissances varient encore relativement peu, et les signes de grands changements ne sont guère évidents dans la majorité des populations.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccomportements
  • cmoportements
  • commportements
  • comoprtements
  • comporetments
  • comporrtements
  • comporteemnts
  • comportemennts
  • comportemenst
  • comportementss
  • comportementts
  • comportemetns
  • comportemments
  • comportemnets
  • comportmeents
  • comporttements
  • compotrements
  • compportements
  • comprotements
  • copmortements
  • ocmportements

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccomportements1cmoportements2commportements1comoprtements2comporetments2comporrtements1comporteemnts2comportemennts1
Edit distance from "comportements"

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 "comportements"?
"comportements" is spelled C-O-M-P-O-R-T-E-M-E-N-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.mɑ̃\.
What does "comportements" mean?
As a noun, "comportements" means: Pluriel de comportement.
What words are commonly confused with "comportements"?
"comportements" is commonly confused with "comportement", "compartiments". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "comportements"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "comportements" is \kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "comportements" come from?
"comportements" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (21 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list