commonsense
"commonsense" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“commonsense” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #44,129. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,129
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Alternative form of common sense.
Corpus desk
Index EN-commonsense · commonsense · English
commonsense · rank #44,129 · 15 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #44,129
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 43,570
- PHOTO-FINISH collectable
Nearest frequency peer: collectable (-2 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “commonsense”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- coinbase
coinbase
55,876 corpus weight
- colic
colic
55,875 corpus weight
- collectable
collectable
55,874 corpus weight
- commonsense
commonsense
55,872 corpus weight
- cond
cond
55,870 corpus weight
- confound
confound
55,868 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “commonsense” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | commonsense |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #44,129 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “commonsense” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around commonsense, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #44,129 among 43,570 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Alternative form of common sense.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for commonsense, with forms such as "ccommonsense", "cmomonsense", and "commnosense". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is commonsense, spelled C-O-M-M-O-N-S-E-N-S-E.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of common sense.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccommonsense
- cmomonsense
- commnosense
- commonesnse
- commonnsense
- commonsenes
- commonsennse
- commonsensse
- commonsesne
- commonsnese
- commonssense
- commosnense
- comomnsense
- comonsense
- ocmmonsense
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of commonsense - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "commonsense", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.