# commune

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkɒmjuːn/ · frequency rank #19,560

## Definitions
1. A small community, often rural, whose members share in the ownership of property, and in the division of labour; the members of such a community.
2. A local political division in many European countries as well as their former colonies (such as Chile and Vietnam).
3. The commonalty; the common people.
4. Communion; sympathetic conversation between friends.
5. A self-governing city or league of citizens.

## Etymology
From Middle English commune, comune, from Old French comune, commune, from Medieval Latin commūnia, from Latin commūne (“community, state”), from commūnis (“common”). Doublet of comune. See also community, communion, common.

## Easily confused with
- **commute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/commune-vs-commute)
- **compute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/commune-vs-compute)
- **commuter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/commune-vs-commuter)
- **common** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/common-vs-commune)
- **commie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/commie-vs-commune)
- **comment** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comment-vs-commune)
- **command** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/command-vs-commune)
- **commons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/commons-vs-commune)
- **combine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/combine-vs-commune)
- **commend** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/commend-vs-commune)
- **comming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comming-vs-commune)
- **communal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/communal-vs-commune)
- **commence** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/commence-vs-commune)
- **commoner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/commoner-vs-commune)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ccommune`, `cmomune`, `commnue`, `commuen`, `communne`, `comumne`, `comune`, `ocmmune`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/commune