de comptoir
\də kɔ̃.twaʁ\
The verdict
“de comptoir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Approximatif, sans fondement, établi sur un coin de table.
Corpus desk
Index FR-de-comptoir · de comptoir · French
de comptoir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | de comptoir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \də kɔ̃.twaʁ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
de comptoir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \də kɔ̃.twaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for de comptoir, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is de comptoir, spelled D-E- -C-O-M-P-T-O-I-R.
Definition
- 1Approximatif, sans fondement, établi sur un coin de table.
- 2Relatif à la consommation excessive d’alcool, au temps excessif passé dans les débits de boisson.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how de comptoir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il ne portait aucun de ces ignobles brimborions dont se chargent les anciens petits-maîtres de la garde nationale, ou les Lovelace de comptoir.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.