commodity

/kəˈmɑdəti/

//kəˈmɑdəti// noun

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"commodity" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“commodity” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #8,766. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,766
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Anything movable (a good) that is bought and sold.

Corpus desk

Index EN-commodity · commodity · English

commodity · rank #8,766 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,766
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH carnival

Nearest frequency peer: carnival (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “commodity”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “commodity” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

commodity vs community
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for commodity
PropertyValue
Headwordcommodity
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kəˈmɑdəti/
Letters9
Frequency rank#8,766
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “commodity”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).commoditylands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “carnival” (#8,765), “congressman” (#8,767), “Canadians” (#8,764). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “commodity” is #8,766. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around commodity (IPA /kəˈmɑdəti/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,766 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for commodity, with forms such as "ccommodity", "cmomodity", and "commdoity". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "community", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English commoditee, from Anglo-Norman commoditee, from Latin commoditās. The correct English form is commodity, spelled C-O-M-M-O-D-I-T-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Anything movable (a good) that is bought and sold.
  2. 2
    Something useful or valuable.
  3. 3
    Raw materials, agricultural and other primary products as objects of large-scale trading in specialized exchanges.
  4. 4
    Undifferentiated goods characterized by a low profit margin and (usually) fungibility, as distinguished from branded products not wholly fungible.
  5. 5
    Anything which has both a use value and an exchange value.
  6. 6
    Convenience; usefulness, suitability.
  7. 7
    Self-interest; personal convenience or advantage.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how commodity appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. It is with the help of the commodity concept that the mechanism of the market is geared to the various elements of industrial life. Commodities are here empirically defined as objects produced for sale on the market; […]. But labor, land, and money are obviously not commodities; the postulate that anything that is bought and sold must have been produced f…
  2. If a key part of shopping is the conversion of anonymous commodities into possessions, shopping is a cultural as much as an economic activity.

Etymology

From Middle English commoditee, from Anglo-Norman commoditee, from Latin commoditās.

This word in other languages

bien(Español)produit(Français)Ware(Deutsch)comodidade(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccommodity
  • cmomodity
  • commdoity
  • commoddity
  • commoditty
  • commodityy
  • commodiyt
  • commodtiy
  • commoidty
  • comodity
  • comomdity
  • ocmmodity

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of commodity - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccommodity1cmomodity2commdoity2commoddity1commoditty1commodityy1commodiyt2commodtiy2
Edit distance from "commodity"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "commodity"?
"commodity" is spelled C-O-M-M-O-D-I-T-Y. The IPA pronunciation is /kəˈmɑdəti/.
What does "commodity" mean?
As a noun, "commodity" means: Anything movable (a good) that is bought and sold.
What words are commonly confused with "commodity"?
"commodity" is commonly confused with "community". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "commodity"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "commodity" is /kəˈmɑdəti/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "commodity"?
From Middle English commoditee, from Anglo-Norman commoditee, from Latin commoditās. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "commodity", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Canadians#8,764advancing#8,751abundance#8,750exhibited#8,787

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

carnival12 variantsupstairs12 variantsunderway12 variantshandbook12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list