comptons
\kɔ̃.tɔ̃\
The verdict
“comptons” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,268. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,268
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de compter.
Corpus desk
Index FR-comptons · comptons · French
comptons · rank #21,268 · 13 variants · 17 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,268
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH commandants
Nearest frequency peer: commandants (-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 « comptons »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- collecteur
collecteur
78,736 corpus weight
- collusion
collusion
78,735 corpus weight
- commandants
commandants
78,734 corpus weight
- comptons
comptons
78,733 corpus weight
- confiées
confiées
78,732 corpus weight
- conjugal
conjugal
78,731 corpus weight
What this shows « comptons » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | comptons |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.tɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #21,268 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « comptons »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around comptons (IPA \kɔ̃.tɔ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #21,268 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for comptons, with forms such as "ccomptons", "cmoptons", and "commptons". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "cotons", "coupons", "Comtois", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is comptons, spelled C-O-M-P-T-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de compter.
- 2Première personne du pluriel de l’impératif de compter.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how comptons appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais pour un poëte mineur, combien de milliers de poëtes minimes et minimissimes — c’est-à-dire qui n’auront jamais de poëte que le nom, qu’ils s’attribuent — comptons-nous ?
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccomptons
- cmoptons
- commptons
- compotns
- compptons
- comptnos
- comptonns
- comptonss
- comptosn
- compttons
- comtpons
- copmtons
- ocmptons
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of comptons - 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.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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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 (13 here; floor ≥5).