compromettant

\kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.tɑ̃\

/\kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.tɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“compromettant” has 19 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,190. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,190
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
19
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui compromet, qui peut compromettre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-compromettant · compromettant · French

compromettant · rank #40,190 · 19 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #40,190
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 19 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH conciles

Nearest frequency peer: conciles (+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 « compromettant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « compromettant » 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).

compromettant vs compromettantes
87% similar

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

Key facts for compromettant
PropertyValue
Headwordcompromettant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.tɑ̃\
Letters13
Frequency rank#40,190
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « compromettant »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).compromettantse 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 « conciles » (#40,191), « cohue » (#40,188), « confinée » (#40,192). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « compromettant » est au #40,190. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 19 spelling variants around compromettant (IPA \kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.tɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #40,190 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui compromet, qui peut compromettre.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for compromettant, with forms such as "ccompromettant", "cmopromettant", and "commpromettant". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "compromettantes", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is compromettant, spelled C-O-M-P-R-O-M-E-T-T-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui compromet, qui peut compromettre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pierre, en habile garçon, lui avait lié les pieds et les mains, s’en était fait une servante soumise, sans ouvrir les lèvres, sans entrer dans des explications difficiles et compromettantes.
  2. Vous avez des amitiés compromettantes avec des marabouts… (Isabelle Eberhardt, Le Major, 1903)

Synonyms

affichant

This word in other languages

incriminating(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccompromettant
  • cmopromettant
  • commpromettant
  • compormettant
  • comppromettant
  • comprmoettant
  • comproemttant
  • comprometant
  • comprometatnt
  • compromettannt
  • compromettantt
  • compromettatn
  • compromettnat
  • comprommettant
  • compromtetant
  • comprromettant
  • comrpomettant
  • copmromettant
  • ocmpromettant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccompromettant1cmopromettant2commpromettant1compormettant2comppromettant1comprmoettant2comproemttant2comprometant1
Edit distance from "compromettant"

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 "compromettant"?
"compromettant" is spelled C-O-M-P-R-O-M-E-T-T-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.tɑ̃\.
What does "compromettant" mean?
As an adjective, "compromettant" means: Qui compromet, qui peut compromettre.
What words are commonly confused with "compromettant"?
"compromettant" is commonly confused with "compromettantes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "compromettant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "compromettant" is \kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.tɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "compromettant" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

démangeaisons#40,227bouleversante#40,147extrapolation#40,263introductions#40,332

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).

copropriétés19 variantsinstantanées19 variantsinutilisables19 variantsostentatoires19 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list