Which to use
“compte” and “comptes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #196
- “compte” frequency rank
- #1,251
- “comptes” frequency rank
- 1447
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | compte | comptes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de compter, dénombrement, calcul opéré sur tel ou tel ensemble de choses ; résultat de cette action. | Pluriel de compte. |
Same sound, different letters: compte vs comptes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - compte and comptes
This is the hard kind. compte and comptes are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃t\) and both work as anoun. 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 extra letter(s) - “compte” sits inside “comptes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1447, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
compte is recorded at frequency rank #196, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃t\. comptes is at rank #1,251, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃t\.
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 1447, this pair ranks #438,047 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of compte vs comptes
Shared letters: cemopt. Private to "compte": -. Private to "comptes": s.
"compte" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV · "comptes" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "compte" for "comptes" ever safe?
Which is more common, "compte" or "comptes"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "compte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "comptes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #438,047 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "compte" and "comptes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comptées vs comptes". 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 #438,047 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.