commentary
\ˈkɒm.ən.tə.ɹi\
The verdict
“commentary” is uncommon French (frequency #66,603 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,603
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commentaire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-commentary · commentary · French
commentary · rank #66,603 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,603
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH commandeurs
Nearest frequency peer: commandeurs (-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 « commentary »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- collégialité
collégialité
33,401 corpus weight
- colonnades
colonnades
33,400 corpus weight
- commandeurs
commandeurs
33,399 corpus weight
- commentary
commentary
33,398 corpus weight
- commerciali…
commercialisent
33,397 corpus weight
- commodément
commodément
33,396 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « commentary » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | commentary |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈkɒm.ən.tə.ɹi\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #66,603 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « commentary » en français
Rare enough to double-check
commentary is uncommon French at frequency #66,603 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈkɒm.ən.tə.ɹi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Commentaire.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for commentary, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is commentary, spelled C-O-M-M-E-N-T-A-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Commentaire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how commentary appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The sports announcer gave a running commentary about the game.
The books Caesar’s Commentaries describe several wars in which Caesar was involved.
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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