commerces

\kɔ.mɛʁs\

/\kɔ.mɛʁs\/ noun

The verdict

“commerces” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,435. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,435
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de commerce.

Corpus desk

Index FR-commerces · commerces · French

commerces · rank #5,435 · 12 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,435
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH clément

Nearest frequency peer: clément (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « commerces »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « commerces » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

commerces vs commère
67% similar
commerces vs compères
67% similar
commerces vs commencé
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for commerces
PropertyValue
Headwordcommerces
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.mɛʁs\
Letters9
Frequency rank#5,435
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « commerces »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).commercesse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « clément » (#5,434), « compléter » (#5,436), « clos » (#5,433). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « commerces » est au #5,435. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around commerces (IPA \kɔ.mɛʁs\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,435 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de commerce.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for commerces, with forms such as "ccommerces", "cmomerces", and "comemrces". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "commère", "compères", "commencé", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is commerces, spelled C-O-M-M-E-R-C-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de commerce.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how commerces appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Cet intermédiaire entre le producteur et le consommateur n’est pas une plaie particulière à la bonneterie. Il existe dans la plupart des commerces, et renchérit la marchandise de tout le bénéfice exigé par l’entrepositaire.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccommerces
  • cmomerces
  • comemrces
  • comerces
  • commecres
  • commercces
  • commercess
  • commercse
  • commerecs
  • commerrces
  • commreces
  • ocmmerces

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of commerces - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccommerces1cmomerces2comemrces2comerces1commecres2commercces1commercess1commercse2
Edit distance from "commerces"

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 "commerces"?
"commerces" is spelled C-O-M-M-E-R-C-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.mɛʁs\.
What does "commerces" mean?
As a noun, "commerces" means: Pluriel de commerce.
What words are commonly confused with "commerces"?
"commerces" is commonly confused with "commère", "compères", "commencé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "commerces"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "commerces" is \kɔ.mɛʁs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "commerces" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list