comportent

\kɔ̃.pɔʁt\

/\kɔ̃.pɔʁt\/ verb

The verdict

“comportent” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,138. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,138
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de comporter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-comportent · comportent · French

comportent · rank #9,138 · 16 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,138
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH complètes

Nearest frequency peer: complètes (-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 « comportent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « comportent » 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).

comportent vs comptent
80% similar
comportent vs composent
80% similar
comportent vs comporter
80% similar

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

Key facts for comportent
PropertyValue
Headwordcomportent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ̃.pɔʁt\
Letters10
Frequency rank#9,138
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « comportent »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.comportentse 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 « complètes » (#9,137), « conformité » (#9,139), « commercialisation » (#9,136). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « comportent » est au #9,138. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around comportent (IPA \kɔ̃.pɔʁt\), averb. Corpus frequency is #9,138 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for comportent, with forms such as "ccomportent", "cmoportent", and "commportent". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "comptent", "composent", "comporter", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is comportent, spelled C-O-M-P-O-R-T-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de comporter.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du subjonctif présent de comporter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Tous ces procédés comportent toutefois des inconvénients liés au maintien des qualités organoleptiques, des teneurs en vitamines, au respect strict de la chaîne du froid ou de la DDM.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccomportent
  • cmoportent
  • commportent
  • comoprtent
  • comporetnt
  • comporrtent
  • comportennt
  • comportentt
  • comportetn
  • comportnet
  • comporttent
  • compotrent
  • compportent
  • comprotent
  • copmortent
  • ocmportent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of comportent - 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.

ccomportent1cmoportent2commportent1comoprtent2comporetnt2comporrtent1comportennt1comportentt1
Edit distance from "comportent"

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 "comportent"?
"comportent" is spelled C-O-M-P-O-R-T-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.pɔʁt\.
What does "comportent" mean?
As a verb, "comportent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de comporter.
What words are commonly confused with "comportent"?
"comportent" is commonly confused with "comptent", "composent", "comporter". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "comportent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "comportent" is \kɔ̃.pɔʁt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "comportent" come from?
"comportent" 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 "comportent", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list