Compostelle

\kɔ̃.pɔs.tɛl\

/\kɔ̃.pɔs.tɛl\/ name

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The verdict

“Compostelle” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,887. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,887
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
15
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle.

Corpus desk

Index FR-compostelle · Compostelle · French

Compostelle · rank #28,887 · 15 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,887
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH comporté

Nearest frequency peer: comporté (-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 « Compostelle »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Compostelle » 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
Key facts for Compostelle
PropertyValue
HeadwordCompostelle
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\kɔ̃.pɔs.tɛl\
Letters11
Frequency rank#28,887
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Compostelle »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Compostellese 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 « comporté » (#28,886), « concocté » (#28,888), « coiffeurs » (#28,885). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « Compostelle » est au #28,887. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around Compostelle (IPA \kɔ̃.pɔs.tɛl\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #28,887 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Compostelle, with forms such as "ccompostelle", "cmopostelle", and "commpostelle". 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. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Compostelle, spelled C-O-M-P-O-S-T-E-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. aller à Compostelle.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccompostelle
  • cmopostelle
  • commpostelle
  • comopstelle
  • composetlle
  • composstelle
  • compostele
  • compostelel
  • compostlele
  • composttelle
  • compotselle
  • comppostelle
  • compsotelle
  • copmostelle
  • ocmpostelle

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccompostelle1cmopostelle2commpostelle1comopstelle2composetlle2composstelle1compostele1compostelel2
Edit distance from "Compostelle"

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 "Compostelle"?
"Compostelle" is spelled C-O-M-P-O-S-T-E-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.pɔs.tɛl\.
What does "Compostelle" mean?
As a proper noun, "Compostelle" means: Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle.
What are common misspellings of "Compostelle"?
Common misspellings include "ccompostelle", "cmopostelle", "commpostelle", "comopstelle", "composetlle". The correct spelling is "Compostelle".
How do you pronounce "Compostelle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Compostelle" is \kɔ̃.pɔs.tɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Compostelle" come from?
"Compostelle" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list