commodity
/kəˈmɑdəti/noun
commodity is spelled C-O-M-M-O-D-I-T-Y: 9 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 7.2 times per million words in written English, the 8,784th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, commodity means “Anything movable (a good) that is bought and sold” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of commodity is commodities.
How many letters and syllables are in commodity?
| Letters | 9: C-O-M-M-O-D-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 7.2 times per million words; the 8,784th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is commodity?
Commodity appears 7.2 times per million words in written English, the 8,784th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce commodity?
- US /kəˈmɑdəti/
- UK /kəˈmɒdəti/
- /kəˈmɔdɪte/
Commodity has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-commodity.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of commodity
- commodities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does commodity mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Anything movable (a good) that is bought and sold.
- 2
Something useful or valuable.
- 3
Raw materials, agricultural and other primary products as objects of large-scale trading in specialized exchanges.
The price of crude oil is determined in continuous trading between professional players in World's many commodities exchanges.
- 4
Undifferentiated goods characterized by a low profit margin and (usually) fungibility, as distinguished from branded products not wholly fungible.
Although they were once in the forefront of consumer electronics, the calculators have become a mere commodity.
- 5
Anything which has both a use value and an exchange value.
- 6
obsoleteConvenience; usefulness, suitability.
- 7
obsoleteSelf-interest; personal convenience or advantage.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Commodity in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | produit, bien, marchandise , bien de consommation courante |
| German | Ware, Gut, Handelsgut, Handelsware , Rohstoff |
| Portuguese | comodidade, mercadoria, produto, bem, bem de consumo, artigo de consumo |
| Spanish | bien, artículo de consumo, mercancía , producto básico, bien homogéneo, commodity |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does commodity come from?
Inherited from Middle English commoditee, borrowed from Anglo-Norman commoditee, from Latin commoditās.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).