comptoirs

\kɔ̃.twaʁ\

/\kɔ̃.twaʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“comptoirs” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,160. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,160
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-comptoirs · comptoirs · French

comptoirs · rank #24,160 · 14 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,160
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH comestibles

Nearest frequency peer: comestibles (-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 « comptoirs »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « comptoirs » 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).

comptoirs vs Comtois
67% similar
comptoirs vs comptons
78% similar
comptoirs vs comptoir
89% similar

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

Key facts for comptoirs
PropertyValue
Headwordcomptoirs
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.twaʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#24,160
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « comptoirs »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.comptoirsse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « comestibles » (#24,159), « conditionnel » (#24,161), « config » (#24,162). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « comptoirs » est au #24,160. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around comptoirs (IPA \kɔ̃.twaʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,160 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de comptoir.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for comptoirs, with forms such as "ccomptoirs", "cmoptoirs", and "commptoirs". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Comtois", "comptons", "comptoir", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is comptoirs, spelled C-O-M-P-T-O-I-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de comptoir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Puis je n’habite pas la splendide villa des Vilquin, il n’y a pas, Dieu merci, dans mes veines la dix-millionième partie d’une goutte de ce sang froidi dans les comptoirs.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccomptoirs
  • cmoptoirs
  • commptoirs
  • compotirs
  • compptoirs
  • comptiors
  • comptoirrs
  • comptoirss
  • comptoisr
  • comptoris
  • compttoirs
  • comtpoirs
  • copmtoirs
  • ocmptoirs

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccomptoirs1cmoptoirs2commptoirs1compotirs2compptoirs1comptiors2comptoirrs1comptoirss1
Edit distance from "comptoirs"

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 "comptoirs"?
"comptoirs" is spelled C-O-M-P-T-O-I-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.twaʁ\.
What does "comptoirs" mean?
As a noun, "comptoirs" means: Pluriel de comptoir.
What words are commonly confused with "comptoirs"?
"comptoirs" is commonly confused with "Comtois", "comptons", "comptoir". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "comptoirs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "comptoirs" is \kɔ̃.twaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "comptoirs" come from?
"comptoirs" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list