comptabilisevscomptabiliserWhat's the difference?

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“comptabilise” and “comptabiliser” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#34,473
“comptabilise” frequency rank
#38,718
“comptabiliser” frequency rank
73191
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature comptabilise comptabiliser
Definition Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de comptabiliser. Passer des écritures comptables, saisir des pièces comptables.

Where the eye mixes comptabilise and comptabiliser

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 12 letters in sequence.

12 ch
comptabilise
13 ch
comptabiliser

Look-alike desk: comptabilise vs comptabiliser

A purely visual mix-up. comptabilise (\kɔ̃.ta.bi.liz\) and comptabiliser (\kɔ̃.ta.bi.li.ze\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “comptabilise” sits inside “comptabiliser”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73191, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

comptabilise is recorded at frequency rank #34,473, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.ta.bi.liz\. comptabiliser is at rank #38,718, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.ta.bi.li.ze\.

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 73191, this pair ranks #41,306 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of comptabilise vs comptabiliser

Shared letters: abceilmopst. Private to "comptabilise": -. Private to "comptabiliser": r.

"comptabilise" · 12 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCVCV  ·  "comptabiliser" · 13 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • comptabiliseccomptabilise · cmoptabilise · commptabilise · compatbilise · compptabilise · comptabbilise · comptabiilse · comptabilies
  • comptabiliserccomptabiliser · cmoptabiliser · commptabiliser · compatbiliser · compptabiliser · comptabbiliser · comptabiilser · comptabiliesr

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "comptabilise" for "comptabiliser" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\kɔ̃.ta.bi.liz\ versus \kɔ̃.ta.bi.li.ze\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "comptabilise" vs "comptabiliser" - which ranks higher?
"comptabilise" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,473 in our French list, against #38,718 for "comptabiliser". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "comptabilise" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "comptabiliser" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #41,306 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "comptabilise" and "comptabiliser" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comptabilisées vs comptabiliser". 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 #41,306 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list