commenciez

\kɔ.mɑ̃.sje\

/\kɔ.mɑ̃.sje\/ verb

The verdict

“commenciez” is uncommon French (frequency #86,557 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,557
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif imparfait de commencer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-commenciez · commenciez · French

commenciez · rank #86,557 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,557
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH compatissants

Nearest frequency peer: compatissants (+1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « commenciez »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « commenciez » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for commenciez
PropertyValue
Headwordcommenciez
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ.mɑ̃.sje\
Letters10
Frequency rank#86,557
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « commenciez » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.commencieztombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « compatissants » (#86,558), « combatte » (#86,555), « compilée » (#86,559). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « commenciez » est au #86,557. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

commenciez is uncommon French at frequency #86,557 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \kɔ.mɑ̃.sje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for commenciez, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is commenciez, spelled C-O-M-M-E-N-C-I-E-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif imparfait de commencer.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du pluriel du subjonctif présent de commencer.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "commenciez"?
"commenciez" is spelled C-O-M-M-E-N-C-I-E-Z. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.mɑ̃.sje\.
What does "commenciez" mean?
As a verb, "commenciez" means: Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif imparfait de commencer.
How do you pronounce "commenciez"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "commenciez" is \kɔ.mɑ̃.sje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "commenciez" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "commenciez", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list