commérage
\kɔ.me.ʁaʒ\
The verdict
“commérage” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Propos de commère, babillage d'une personne sur un sujet impliquant souvent une autre personne.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | commérage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ.me.ʁaʒ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “commérage” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
commérage is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ.me.ʁaʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Propos de commère, babillage d'une personne sur un sujet impliquant souvent une autre personne.".
No misspelling variants are generated for commérage in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is commérage, spelled C-O-M-M-É-R-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Propos de commère, babillage d'une personne sur un sujet impliquant souvent une autre personne.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “commérage”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-M-M-É-R-A-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kɔ.me.ʁaʒ\ (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.