année commune
\a.ne kɔ.myn\
The verdict
“année commune” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Année de 365 jours, par opposition à une année bissextile.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | année commune |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.ne kɔ.myn\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “année commune” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
année commune is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.ne kɔ.myn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Année de 365 jours, par opposition à une année bissextile.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for année commune, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is année commune, spelled A-N-N-É-E- -C-O-M-M-U-N-E.
Definition
- 1Année de 365 jours, par opposition à une année bissextile.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “année commune”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-N-N-É-E- -C-O-M-M-U-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a.ne kɔ.myn\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.