Which to use
“compilé” and “compiler” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,494
- “compilé” frequency rank
- #35,432
- “compiler” frequency rank
- 63926
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | compilé | compiler |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de compiler. | Réunir des documents sur un même sujet à partir de diverses sources. |
Same sound, different letters: compilé vs compiler
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - compilé / compiler
This is the hard kind. compilé and compiler are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.pi.le\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63926, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
compilé is recorded at frequency rank #28,494, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.pi.le\. compiler is at rank #35,432, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.pi.le\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 63926, this pair ranks #79,502 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of compilé vs compiler
Shared letters: cilmop. Private to "compilé": é. Private to "compiler": er.
"compilé" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "compiler" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- compiler ← ccompiler · cmopiler · comipler · commpiler · compielr · compilerr · compiller · compilre
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "compilé" for "compiler" ever safe?
Frequency check: "compilé" vs "compiler" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "compilé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "compiler" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #79,502 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "compilé" and "compiler" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "compil vs compiler". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #79,502 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.