commenter

/\kɔ.mɑ̃.te\/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,167

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

17

similar word pairs

commenter is aFrenchverb. It means: Interpréter par un commentaire, par des commentaires. Pronounced \kɔ.mɑ̃.te\. It ranks #7,167 in French word frequency. Often confused with contenter and compenser.

Key facts for commenter
PropertyValue
Headwordcommenter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ.mɑ̃.te\
Letters9
Frequency rank#7,167
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of commenter in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for commenter is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ.mɑ̃.te\. Corpus data places it at rank #7,167 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for commenter, with forms such as "ccommenter", "cmomenter", and "comemnter". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "contenter", "compenser", "commentés", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is commenter, spelled C-O-M-M-E-N-T-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Interpréter par un commentaire, par des commentaires.
  2. 2
    Ajouter malignement à la vérité de la chose.
  3. 3
    Désactiver temporairement une partie d’un code source en la transformant en commentaire.

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccommenter,cmomenter,comemnter,comenter,commenetr,commennter,commenterr,commentre,commentter,commetner,commneter,ocmmenter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for commenter

Misspelling Variants of "commenter"

ccommenter10cmomenter9comemnter9comenter8commenetr9commennter10commenterr10commentre9
Misspelling Variants of "commenter"

Frequency rank: #7,167 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "commenter"?
"commenter" is spelled C-O-M-M-E-N-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.mɑ̃.te\.
What does "commenter" mean?
As a verb, "commenter" means: Interpréter par un commentaire, par des commentaires.
What words are commonly confused with "commenter"?
"commenter" is commonly confused with "contenter", "compenser", "commentés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "commenter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "commenter" is \kɔ.mɑ̃.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "commenter" come from?
"commenter" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.