Which to use
“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.
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
- comptabilise ← ccomptabilise · cmoptabilise · commptabilise · compatbilise · compptabilise · comptabbilise · comptabiilse · comptabilies
- comptabiliser ← ccomptabiliser · cmoptabiliser · commptabiliser · compatbiliser · compptabiliser · comptabbiliser · comptabiilser · comptabiliesr
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "comptabilise" for "comptabiliser" ever safe?
Frequency check: "comptabilise" vs "comptabiliser" - which ranks higher?
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.