compresser
\kɔ̃.pʁe.se\
The verdict
“compresser” is an uncommon French word, ranked #58,512 in French word frequency and used as a verb.
- #58,512
- frequency rank, French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Comprimer, exercer une pression continue.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | compresser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.pʁe.se\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #58,512 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “compresser” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for compresser is 10 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ̃.pʁe.se\. Corpus data places it at rank #58,512 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for compresser in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is compresser, spelled C-O-M-P-R-E-S-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Comprimer, exercer une pression continue.
- 2Diminuer la taille d’un ou de plusieurs fichiers au moyen d’un algorithme permettant leur restitution à l’identique, en vue de les stocker ou de les transférer.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “compresser”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-M-P-R-E-S-S-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kɔ̃.pʁe.se\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.