compromettre

/\kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛtʁ\/ verb

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#14,640

in French word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

compromettre is aFrenchverb. It means: Exposer quelqu’un à se trouver dans quelque embarras soit en usant de son nom sans son aveu, soit en l’engageant dans des démêlés, dans des affaires. Pronounced \kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛtʁ\.

Key facts for compromettre
PropertyValue
Headwordcompromettre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛtʁ\
Letters12
Frequency rank#14,640
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of compromettre in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for compromettre is 12 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛtʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #14,640 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 17 documented wrong-spelling variants for compromettre, with forms such as "ccompromettre", "cmopromettre", and "commpromettre". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is compromettre, spelled C-O-M-P-R-O-M-E-T-T-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Exposer quelqu’un à se trouver dans quelque embarras soit en usant de son nom sans son aveu, soit en l’engageant dans des démêlés, dans des affaires.
  2. 2
    Mettre une réputation en péril.
  3. 3
    Donner à penser par ses paroles ou ses actes qu’on a une liaison intime avec elle, en parlant d'une femme.
  4. 4
    Mettre en péril.
  5. 5
    Acter d'un consentement réciproque ou de se rapporter sur les différends, les procès qu’on a ensemble, au jugement d’un ou de plusieurs arbitres.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccompromettre,cmopromettre,commpromettre,compormettre,comppromettre,comprmoettre,comproemttre,comprometre,comprometrte,comprometter,compromettrre,comprommettre,compromtetre,comprromettre,comrpomettre,copmromettre,ocmpromettre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for compromettre

Misspelling Variants of "compromettre"

ccompromettre13cmopromettre12commpromettre13compormettre12comppromettre13comprmoettre12comproemttre12comprometre11
Misspelling Variants of "compromettre"

Frequency rank: #14,640 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "compromettre"?
"compromettre" is spelled C-O-M-P-R-O-M-E-T-T-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛtʁ\.
What does "compromettre" mean?
As a verb, "compromettre" means: Exposer quelqu’un à se trouver dans quelque embarras soit en usant de son nom sans son aveu, soit en l’engageant dans des démêlés, dans des affaires.
What are common misspellings of "compromettre"?
Common misspellings include "ccompromettre", "cmopromettre", "commpromettre", "compormettre", "comppromettre". The correct spelling is "compromettre".
How do you pronounce "compromettre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "compromettre" is \kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛtʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "compromettre" come from?
"compromettre" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.