commu

\kɔ.my\

/\kɔ.my\/ noun

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The verdict

“commu” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,714. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,714
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Communauté (en particulier sur Internet).

Corpus desk

Index FR-commu · commu · French

commu · rank #39,714 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #39,714
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH commercialisé…

Nearest frequency peer: commercialisées (-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 « commu »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « commu » 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).

commu vs cou
60% similar
commu vs como
60% similar
commu vs coms
60% similar

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

Key facts for commu
PropertyValue
Headwordcommu
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.my\
Letters5
Frequency rank#39,714
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « commu »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).commuse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « commercialisées » (#39,713), « compterait » (#39,715), « ciudad » (#39,712). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « commu » est au #39,714. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around commu (IPA \kɔ.my\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,714 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Communauté (en particulier sur Internet).".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for commu, with forms such as "ccommu", "cmomu", and "comu". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cou", "como", "coms", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is commu, spelled C-O-M-M-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Communauté (en particulier sur Internet).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Merci la commu
  2. "Salut la commu!", l’expression préférée des influenceurs et des artistes lorsqu’ils s’adressent à leur communauté.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccommu
  • cmomu
  • comu
  • comum
  • ocmmu

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of commu - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccommu1cmomu2comu1comum2ocmmu2
Edit distance from "commu"

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 "commu"?
"commu" is spelled C-O-M-M-U. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.my\.
What does "commu" mean?
As a noun, "commu" means: Communauté (en particulier sur Internet).
What words are commonly confused with "commu"?
"commu" is commonly confused with "cou", "como", "coms". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "commu"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "commu" is \kɔ.my\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "commu" come from?
"commu" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

conor#39,718choir#39,708croft#39,733Cérès#39,738

Similar misspelling depth

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

cens5 variantsCPAM5 variantscria5 variantsenter5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list