escompte

/\ɛs.kɔ̃t\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#38,280

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

escompte is aFrenchnoun. It means: Retenue faite par celui qui avance avant l’échéance une somme due à quelqu’un. Pronounced \ɛs.kɔ̃t\. Often confused with escorte and estompe.

Key facts for escompte
PropertyValue
Headwordescompte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛs.kɔ̃t\
Letters8
Frequency rank#38,280
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of escompte in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for escompte is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛs.kɔ̃t\. Corpus data places it at rank #38,280 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for escompte, with forms such as "ecsompte", "esccompte", and "escmopte". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "escorte", "estompe", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is escompte, spelled E-S-C-O-M-P-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Retenue faite par celui qui avance avant l’échéance une somme due à quelqu’un.
  2. 2
    Remise faite au payeur par celui qui reçoit un paiement avant l’échéance, ou avant le terme fixé par les usages du commerce.
  3. 3
    Opération de bourse à l’aide de laquelle l’acheteur à terme peut se faire livrer à toute époque avant l’échéance les titres achetés ferme ou à prime.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ecsompte,esccompte,escmopte,escommpte,escompet,escomppte,escomptte,escomtpe,escopmte,esocmpte,esscompte,secompte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for escompte

Misspelling Variants of "escompte"

ecsompte8esccompte9escmopte8escommpte9escompet8escomppte9escomptte9escomtpe8
Misspelling Variants of "escompte"

Frequency rank: #38,280 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "escompte"?
"escompte" is spelled E-S-C-O-M-P-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛs.kɔ̃t\.
What does "escompte" mean?
As a noun, "escompte" means: Retenue faite par celui qui avance avant l’échéance une somme due à quelqu’un.
What words are commonly confused with "escompte"?
"escompte" is commonly confused with "escorte", "estompe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "escompte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "escompte" is \ɛs.kɔ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "escompte" come from?
"escompte" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.