communément

\kɔ.my.ne.mɑ̃\

/\kɔ.my.ne.mɑ̃\/ adv

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The verdict

“communément” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,666. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,666
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Le plus ordinairement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-communement · communément · French

communément · rank #10,666 · 16 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,666
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH communal

Nearest frequency peer: communal (-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 « communément »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « communément » 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).

communément vs commandement
75% similar
communément vs commencement
75% similar

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

Key facts for communément
PropertyValue
Headwordcommunément
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\kɔ.my.ne.mɑ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#10,666
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « communément »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « communal » (#10,665), « composante » (#10,667), « commerçant » (#10,664). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « communément » est au #10,666. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around communément (IPA \kɔ.my.ne.mɑ̃\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #10,666 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for communément, with forms such as "ccommunément", "cmomunément", and "commnuément". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "commandement", "commencement", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is communément, spelled C-O-M-M-U-N-É-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Le plus ordinairement.
  2. 2
    D’après l’usage commun.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On les trouve communément dans les rues.
  2. L'oxalide petite oseille, oxalis acetosella, Lin., porte vulgairement les noms de surette, alléluia, etc. Elle croit assez communément dans les bois et les lieux couverts de presque toute la France.

This word in other languages

commonly(English)comúnmente(Español)gewöhnlich(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccommunément
  • cmomunément
  • commnuément
  • communement
  • communméent
  • communnément
  • communéemnt
  • communémennt
  • communémentt
  • communémetn
  • communémment
  • communémnet
  • commuénment
  • comumnément
  • comunément
  • ocmmunément

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of communément - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccommunément1cmomunément2commnuément2communement1communméent2communnément1communéemnt2communémennt1
Edit distance from "communément"

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 "communément"?
"communément" is spelled C-O-M-M-U-N-É-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.my.ne.mɑ̃\.
What does "communément" mean?
As an adverb, "communément" means: Le plus ordinairement.
What words are commonly confused with "communément"?
"communément" is commonly confused with "commandement", "commencement". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "communément"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "communément" is \kɔ.my.ne.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "communément" come from?
"communément" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

constituant#10,675criminalité#10,679démissionne#10,692extrémistes#10,705

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

célébrités16 variantsautomatiques16 variantsaccroissement16 variantstraversent16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list