commune

/\kɔ.myn\/ noun

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Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#917

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

19

similar word pairs

commune is aFrenchnoun. It means: Division du territoire. Pronounced \kɔ.myn\. It ranks #917 in French word frequency. Often confused with communs and communes.

Key facts for commune
PropertyValue
Headwordcommune
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.myn\
Letters7
Frequency rank#917
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of commune in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for commune is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ.myn\. Corpus data places it at rank #917 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 16 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for commune, with forms such as "ccommune", "cmomune", and "commnue". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "communs", "communes", "communier", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is commune, spelled C-O-M-M-U-N-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Division du territoire.
  2. 2
    Division du territoire.
  3. 3
    Division du territoire.
  4. 4
    Division du territoire.
  5. 5
    Division du territoire.
  6. 6
    Division du territoire.
  7. 7
    Milice bourgeoise ou milice de la campagne, dans l’Ancien Régime.
  8. 8
    Organisation révolutionnaire du peuple insurgé.
  9. 9
    Division administrative de deuxième niveau au Burundi (comprise dans une province et comprend des collines).
  10. 10
    Regroupement de communauté intentionnelle, le plus souvent mais pas forcément, sur un terrain utilisé en commun, pour le pâturage, la culture et d'autres usages.
  11. 11
    Subdivision du mode institutionnel d'occupation et de distribution des terres, le régime seigneurial, implanté en Nouvelle-France en 1627 et aboli officiellement en 1854, après l'avènement des Townships en 1763, il en subsisterait encore quelques-unes, le long du fleuve Saint-Laurent, pour le pâturage, la culture et d'autres usages.
  12. 12
    Communage, communage de pâture simple, droit de communage, profit à prendre en commun, dans le droit des biens et de la propriété en common law. — (Termes normalisés par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO))
  13. 13
    Député élu à la Chambre des communes, au Parlement, à Ottawa.
  14. 14
    Qui sert, qui peut servir tout le monde de manière indiscriminée, fille de joie, prostituée, femme de mauvaise vie.
  15. 15
    Perception imaginative, idée folle, incohérence, pensée utopique.
  16. 16
    L'ensemble des règles en application, droit statutaire et pouvoir résiduel fédéral, droit commun, fondement des principes du droit en droit civil québécois.

Synonyms

villemunicipalité

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccommune,cmomune,commnue,commuen,communne,comumne,comune,ocmmune

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for commune

Misspelling Variants of "commune"

ccommune8cmomune7commnue7commuen7communne8comumne7comune6ocmmune7
Misspelling Variants of "commune"

Frequency rank: #917 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "commune"?
"commune" is spelled C-O-M-M-U-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.myn\.
What does "commune" mean?
As a noun, "commune" means: Division du territoire.
What words are commonly confused with "commune"?
"commune" is commonly confused with "communs", "communes", "communier". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "commune"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "commune" is \kɔ.myn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "commune" come from?
"commune" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.