comptage

\kɔ̃.taʒ\

/\kɔ̃.taʒ\/ noun

The verdict

“comptage” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,145. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,145
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dénombrement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-comptage · comptage · French

comptage · rank #23,145 · 12 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,145
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Conakry

Nearest frequency peer: Conakry (+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 « comptage »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « comptage » 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).

comptage vs compte
75% similar
comptage vs cottage
75% similar
comptage vs comptait
75% similar

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

Key facts for comptage
PropertyValue
Headwordcomptage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.taʒ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#23,145
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « comptage »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.comptagese 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 « Conakry » (#23,146), « Comores » (#23,143), « concurrentes » (#23,147). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « comptage » est au #23,145. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around comptage (IPA \kɔ̃.taʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,145 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Dénombrement.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for comptage, with forms such as "ccomptage", "cmoptage", and "commptage". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "compte", "cottage", "comptait", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is comptage, spelled C-O-M-P-T-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dénombrement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le comptage des votes lors des prises de décision.
  2. Avant même d’essayer d’introduire des oiseaux issus d’élevage dans la nature, il convient de procéder à un comptage des populations sauvages.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccomptage
  • cmoptage
  • commptage
  • compatge
  • compptage
  • comptaeg
  • comptagge
  • comptgae
  • compttage
  • comtpage
  • copmtage
  • ocmptage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of comptage - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccomptage1cmoptage2commptage1compatge2compptage1comptaeg2comptagge1comptgae2
Edit distance from "comptage"

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 "comptage"?
"comptage" is spelled C-O-M-P-T-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.taʒ\.
What does "comptage" mean?
As a noun, "comptage" means: Dénombrement.
What words are commonly confused with "comptage"?
"comptage" is commonly confused with "compte", "cottage", "comptait". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "comptage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "comptage" is \kɔ̃.taʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "comptage" come from?
"comptage" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list