commérer

\kɔ.me.ʁe\

/\kɔ.me.ʁe\/ verb

The verdict

“commérer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire des commérages.

Corpus desk

Index FR-commerer · commérer · French

commérer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 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.

Key facts for commérer
PropertyValue
Headwordcommérer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ.me.ʁe\
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « commérer » en français

commérern'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

commérer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \kɔ.me.ʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Faire des commérages.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for commérer in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is commérer, spelled C-O-M-M-É-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Faire des commérages.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il s'en va commérer, questionnailler et tâtillonner chez dona Mercedès, la mère du jeune monstre.
  2. Et il se mit à commérer, par métier et par plaisir.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "commérer"?
"commérer" is spelled C-O-M-M-É-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.me.ʁe\.
What does "commérer" mean?
As a verb, "commérer" means: Faire des commérages.
How do you pronounce "commérer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "commérer" is \kɔ.me.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "commérer" come from?
"commérer" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list