communs

\kɔ.mœ̃\

/\kɔ.mœ̃\/ adj

The verdict

“communs” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,016. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,016
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de commun.

Corpus desk

Index FR-communs · communs · French

communs · rank #5,016 · 9 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,016
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Colombie

Nearest frequency peer: Colombie (-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 « communs »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « communs » 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).

communs vs commu
71% similar
communs vs commun
86% similar
communs vs commis
71% similar

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

Key facts for communs
PropertyValue
Headwordcommuns
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kɔ.mœ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,016
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « communs »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).communsse 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 « Colombie » (#5,015), « condamnation » (#5,017), « chimique » (#5,014). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « communs » est au #5,016. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around communs (IPA \kɔ.mœ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,016 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de commun.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for communs, with forms such as "ccommuns", "cmomuns", and "commnus". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "commu", "commun", "commis", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is communs, spelled C-O-M-M-U-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de commun.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le rite chaldéen ou syrien oriental, fait partie des six familles de rites qui subsistent aujourd’hui avec le rite antiochien (syrien occidental), alexandrin, byzantin, arménien et latin. Ces rites sont communs à la fois aux Églises orientales séparées de Rome et à celles qui lui sont unies.
  2. Ces artistes hip-hop circulant sur des routes reliant l’Europe à l’Afrique font exister dans les studios, les scènes et les morceaux de rap la communauté africaine ou afropéenne revendiquée, contribuant à la redéfinition et à la reproduction d’une diaspora noire unie par une histoire, des revendications et des sentiments d’appartenance communs.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccommuns
  • cmomuns
  • commnus
  • communns
  • communss
  • commusn
  • comumns
  • comuns
  • ocmmuns

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of communs - 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.

ccommuns1cmomuns2commnus2communns1communss1commusn2comumns2comuns1
Edit distance from "communs"

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 "communs"?
"communs" is spelled C-O-M-M-U-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.mœ̃\.
What does "communs" mean?
As an adjective, "communs" means: Masculin pluriel de commun.
What words are commonly confused with "communs"?
"communs" is commonly confused with "commu", "commun", "commis". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "communs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "communs" is \kɔ.mœ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "communs" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list