comtesses
\kɔ̃.tɛs\
The verdict
“comtesses” is uncommon French (frequency #95,728 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,728
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de comtesse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-comtesses · comtesses · French
comtesses · rank #95,728 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,728
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH compulsivement
Nearest frequency peer: compulsivement (-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 « comtesses »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- complètemen…
complètements
4,276 corpus weight
- compromette
compromette
4,275 corpus weight
- compulsivem…
compulsivement
4,274 corpus weight
- comtesses
comtesses
4,273 corpus weight
- concoure
concoure
4,272 corpus weight
- confections
confections
4,270 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « comtesses » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | comtesses |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.tɛs\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #95,728 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « comtesses » en français
Rare enough to double-check
comtesses is uncommon French at frequency #95,728 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ̃.tɛs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de comtesse.".
Zero misspellings are on record for comtesses in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is comtesses, spelled C-O-M-T-E-S-S-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de comtesse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how comtesses appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quoique la comtesse aspirât à régner sur Paris et qu’elle essayât de marcher de pair avec mesdames les duchesses de Maufrigneuse, de Chaulieu, les marquises d’Espard et d’Aiglemont, les comtesses Féraud, de Montcornet, de Restaud, madame de Camps et mademoiselle Des Touches, elle ne céda point à l’amour du jeune vicomte de Portenduère qui fit d’elle son i…
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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