commodity
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | commodity |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « commodity » en français
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
- 1Produit, marchandise ; denrée.
- 2Article.
- 3Bien marchand sans marque vendu avec une faible marge de profit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how commodity appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.