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 September 3, 2026) - Propos de commère, babillage d'une personne sur un sujet impliquant souvent une autre personne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-commerage · commérage · French
commérage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « commérage » en français
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how commérage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A Paris, chaque ministère est une petite ville d’où les femmes sont bannies ; mais il s’y fait des commérages et des noirceurs comme si la population féminine s’y trouvait.
Le bavardage continue incessant et ne prendra fin que lorsque sonnera l'heure du repas : il faudra alors à regret rentrer chez soi, mais on recommencera le lendemain et toujours on trouvera matière à commérages !
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.