Which to use
“comment” is a noun and “commune” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,669
- “comment” frequency rank
- #45,835
- “commune” frequency rank
- 68504
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | comment | commune |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Bemerkung, Kommentar | sich über sehr vertrauliche Sachen mit jemandem unterhalten |
Letter map: comment vs commune
Shared letters muted; letters that set comment and commune apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Role in the sentence - comment and commune
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: comment is anoun and communeaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68504, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
comment is recorded at frequency rank #22,669, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈkɒment]. commune is at rank #45,835, tagged as averb, pronounced […].
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 68504, this pair ranks #505,604 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of comment vs commune
Shared letters: cemno. Private to "comment": t. Private to "commune": u.
"comment" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "commune" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "comment" for "commune" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "comment" or "commune" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've compared "comment" and "commune". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "comment" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "commune" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #505,604 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "comment" and "commune" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "commune vs puzzles". 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 #505,604 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.