compote

\kɔ̃.pɔt\

/\kɔ̃.pɔt\/ noun

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The verdict

“compote” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,524. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,524
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Entremets sucré fait avec des fruits entiers ou en quartiers et qui est moins cuit que les confitures faites pour être gardées.

Corpus desk

Index FR-compote · compote · French

compote · rank #24,524 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,524
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH complication

Nearest frequency peer: complication (-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 « compote »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « compote » 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).

compote vs comte
71% similar
compote vs compte
86% similar
compote vs compta
71% similar

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

Key facts for compote
PropertyValue
Headwordcompote
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.pɔt\
Letters7
Frequency rank#24,524
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « compote »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).compotese 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 « complication » (#24,523), « concentrant » (#24,525), « commanditaire » (#24,522). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « compote » est au #24,524. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around compote (IPA \kɔ̃.pɔt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,524 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for compote, with forms such as "ccompote", "cmopote", and "commpote". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "comte", "compte", "compta", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is compote, spelled C-O-M-P-O-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Entremets sucré fait avec des fruits entiers ou en quartiers et qui est moins cuit que les confitures faites pour être gardées.
  2. 2
    Manière d’accommoder la viande en ragout. Viande trop cuite.
  3. 3
    Composition.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Une compote de poires, de pommes, d’abricots, de cerises, etc.
  2. Une compote bien faite.

This word in other languages

compote(English)compota(Español)Kompott(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccompote
  • cmopote
  • commpote
  • comopte
  • compoet
  • compotte
  • comppote
  • comptoe
  • copmote
  • ocmpote

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccompote1cmopote2commpote1comopte2compoet2compotte1comppote1comptoe2
Edit distance from "compote"

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 "compote"?
"compote" is spelled C-O-M-P-O-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.pɔt\.
What does "compote" mean?
As a noun, "compote" means: Entremets sucré fait avec des fruits entiers ou en quartiers et qui est moins cuit que les confitures faites pour être gardées.
What words are commonly confused with "compote"?
"compote" is commonly confused with "comte", "compte", "compta". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "compote"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "compote" is \kɔ̃.pɔt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "compote" come from?
"compote" 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 "compote", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

coincer#24,520cloison#24,518cordons#24,531chantée#24,513

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

colossal10 variantscrevette10 variantscanettes10 variantscandide10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list