compound

\kɔ̃.pund\

/\kɔ̃.pund\/ noun

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The verdict

“compound” is uncommon French (frequency #64,327 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,327
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se dit d'une machine ou d’un moteur composé, ou en plusieurs parties.

Corpus desk

Index FR-compound · compound · French

compound · rank #64,327 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,327
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH complexée

Nearest frequency peer: complexée (-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 « compound »

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 « compound » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for compound
PropertyValue
Headwordcompound
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.pund\
Letters8
Frequency rank#64,327
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « compound » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.compoundtombe 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: « complexée » (#64,326), « condescendante » (#64,328), « conflictuels » (#64,329). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « compound » est au #64,327. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

compound is uncommon French at frequency #64,327 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ̃.pund\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for compound, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is compound, spelled C-O-M-P-O-U-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Se dit d'une machine ou d’un moteur composé, ou en plusieurs parties.
  2. 2
    Produit issu d’un mélange.
  3. 3
    Abrasif destiné au polissage de l’acier.
  4. 4
    Plaque de blindage composée de plusieurs types de matériaux superposés.
  5. 5
    Fil électrique dont l’âme d’acier est recouverte de cuivre.
  6. 6
    Quartier d’habitations sécurisé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Pour les Russes, la question ne se posa pas : ils avaient eux aussi leur compound particulier.

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 "compound"?
"compound" is spelled C-O-M-P-O-U-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.pund\.
What does "compound" mean?
As a noun, "compound" means: Se dit d'une machine ou d’un moteur composé, ou en plusieurs parties.
How do you pronounce "compound"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "compound" is \kɔ̃.pund\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list