CMM
The verdict
“CMM” is uncommon French (frequency #55,150 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,150
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Matériau composite à matrice métallique.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | CMM |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #55,150 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “CMM” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
CMM is uncommon French at frequency #55,150 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Matériau composite à matrice métallique.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for CMM, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is CMM, spelled C-M-M.
Definition
- 1Matériau composite à matrice métallique.
This word in other languages
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “CMM”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-M-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.