computer
\kɔ̃.py.te\
The verdict
“computer” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,378. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,378
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Supputer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-computer · computer · French
computer · rank #27,378 · 11 variants · 14 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,378
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH colza
Nearest frequency peer: colza (-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 « computer »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Coleman
Coleman
72,626 corpus weight
- colocation
colocation
72,625 corpus weight
- colza
colza
72,624 corpus weight
- computer
computer
72,623 corpus weight
- confluent
confluent
72,622 corpus weight
- confrontées
confrontées
72,621 corpus weight
What this shows « computer » 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 | computer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.py.te\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #27,378 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « computer »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around computer (IPA \kɔ̃.py.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #27,378 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for computer, with forms such as "ccomputer", "cmoputer", and "commputer". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "coûter", "compte", "comptes", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is computer, spelled C-O-M-P-U-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Supputer.
- 2Compter, calculer ; effectuer un comput.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how computer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Supputer les temps relatifs au calendrier. On compute encore par les ères julienne, grégorienne, etc.
Socrates, pour n’avoir sceu computer les suffrages de sa tribu.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccomputer
- cmoputer
- commputer
- compputer
- compuetr
- computerr
- computre
- computter
- comupter
- copmuter
- ocmputer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of computer - 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.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "computer", 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 (11 here; floor ≥5).