commonsense
adjective, noun
commonsense is spelled C-O-M-M-O-N-S-E-N-S-E: 11 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,209th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “common-sense vs commonsense” about 10 times a month (Google, United States). As an adjective, commonsense means “Alternative form of common sense” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in commonsense?
| Letters | 11: C-O-M-M-O-N-S-E-N-S-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 44,209th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people 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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is commonsense?
Commonsense appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,209th 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 commonsense?
Commonsense 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).
Words people confuse with commonsense
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: common-sense (one word or two).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What does commonsense mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Alternative form of common sense.
noun
- 1
Alternative form of common sense.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).