commodity

noun

The verdict

“commodity” 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) - Produit, marchandise ; denrée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-commodity · commodity · French

commodity · 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.

Key facts for commodity
PropertyValue
Headwordcommodity
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « commodity » en français

commoditysiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

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

Rare enough to double-check

commodity is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for commodity, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is commodity, spelled C-O-M-M-O-D-I-T-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Produit, marchandise ; denrée.
  2. 2
    Article.
  3. 3
    Bien marchand sans marque vendu avec une faible marge de profit.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Dans un monde saturé de messages, l’information serait devenue une commodity, un produit de base, qu’il faudrait rendre disponible comme l’eau, l’électricité ou le téléphone, afin que chacun puisse la consommer quand il veut, où il veut et sous la forme qui lui convient.

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 "commodity"?
"commodity" is spelled C-O-M-M-O-D-I-T-Y.
What does "commodity" mean?
As a noun, "commodity" means: Produit, marchandise ; denrée.
What language does "commodity" come from?
"commodity" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list