comptée

\kɔ̃.te\

/\kɔ̃.te\/ noun

The verdict

“comptée” is uncommon French (frequency #52,581 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,581
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Recette, argent gagné, compté afin de se mettre en règle, par exemple dans un contexte de prostitution.

Corpus desk

Index FR-comptee · comptée · French

comptée · rank #52,581 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,581
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH compromissions

Nearest frequency peer: compromissions (-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 « comptée »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for comptée
PropertyValue
Headwordcomptée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.te\
Letters7
Frequency rank#52,581
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « comptée » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.comptéetombe 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: « compromissions » (#52,580), « conduisaient » (#52,582), « complaisants » (#52,579). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « comptée » est au #52,581. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

comptée is uncommon French at frequency #52,581 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ̃.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Recette, argent gagné, compté afin de se mettre en règle, par exemple dans un contexte de prostitution.".

comptée doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is comptée, spelled C-O-M-P-T-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Recette, argent gagné, compté afin de se mettre en règle, par exemple dans un contexte de prostitution.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La comptée permet de savoir, quotidiennement, sur quel montant se fera le prélèvement fiscal.
  2. Certains vont jusqu’à se faire remettre « la comptée » après chaque client et en tout cas à plusieurs reprises dans la journée.

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 "comptée"?
"comptée" is spelled C-O-M-P-T-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.te\.
What does "comptée" mean?
As a noun, "comptée" means: Recette, argent gagné, compté afin de se mettre en règle, par exemple dans un contexte de prostitution.
How do you pronounce "comptée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "comptée" is \kɔ̃.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "comptée" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list