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commoner

/ˈkɑ.mə.nɚ/noun, adjective

commoner is spelled C-O-M-M-O-N-E-R: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,320th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, commoner means “A member of the common people who holds no title or rank” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of commoner is commoners.

How many letters and syllables are in commoner?

Letters8: C-O-M-M-O-N-E-R
Syllables3 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 1 million words; the 35,320th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 commoner?

Commoner appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,320th 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 commoner?

  • UK /ˈkɒm.ə.nə(ɹ)/
  • US /ˈkɑ.mə.nɚ/

Commoner has 3 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-commoner.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of commoner

  • commoners plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does commoner mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A member of the common people who holds no title or rank.

  2. 2

    UKSomeone who is not of noble rank.

  3. 3

    UKA Member of Parliament in the House of Commons.

  4. 4

    UKOne eligible to be a member of the House of Commons.

  5. 5

    UKobsoleteA student who is not dependent on any foundation for support, but pays all university charges.

  6. 6

    Someone who has a right over another's land. They hold common rights because of residence or land ownership in a particular manor, especially rights on common land. eg: centuries-old grazing rights

  7. 7

    obsoleteOne sharing with another in anything.

  8. 8

    obsoleteA prostitute.

adjective

  1. 1

    comparative form of common: more common (a form of common)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Commoner in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchroturier, homme du peuple, plébéien (member of the common people)
GermanGemeiner, Plebejer, Angehöriger des gemeinen Volkes (member of the common people), Bürgerlicher, Bürger (someone not of noble rank)
Portugueseplebeu (member of the common people)
Spanishplebeyo, comunero (member of the common people)

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 commoner come from?

From Middle English comoner, comyner, cumuner, equivalent to common + -er.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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