Commercy
\kɔ.mɛʁ.si\
The verdict
“Commercy” is uncommon French (frequency #57,170 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,170
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de la Meuse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-commercy · Commercy · French
Commercy · rank #57,170 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,170
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH Cns
Nearest frequency peer: Cns (-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 « Commercy »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Cluzet
Cluzet
42,834 corpus weight
- clôturée
clôturée
42,833 corpus weight
- Cns
Cns
42,832 corpus weight
- Commercy
Commercy
42,831 corpus weight
- complimente
complimente
42,829 corpus weight
- composera
composera
42,828 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Commercy » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Commercy |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \kɔ.mɛʁ.si\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #57,170 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Commercy » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Commercy is uncommon French at frequency #57,170 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \kɔ.mɛʁ.si\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Commercy in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Commercy, spelled C-O-M-M-E-R-C-Y.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département de la Meuse.
- 2Canton français, situé dans le département de la Meuse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Commercy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Au sujet d’Émile, elle fut la première à évoquer le voyage de Pierre à Commercy, avec des imprécations : « Une inhumation à la sauvette, comme un comédien. »
Exclusif, le tiramisu lorrain aux madeleines de Commercy, eau-de-vie de mirabelles et mirabelles poêlées au beurre !
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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