commutateur

\kɔ.my.ta.tœʁ\

/\kɔ.my.ta.tœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“commutateur” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,770. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,770
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Appareil qui sert à changer à volonté dans une machine la direction d’un mouvement ou à l’interrompre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-commutateur · commutateur · French

commutateur · rank #36,770 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #36,770
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH commettant

Nearest frequency peer: commettant (-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 « commutateur »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « commutateur » 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).

commutateur vs commentateur
83% similar

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

Key facts for commutateur
PropertyValue
Headwordcommutateur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.my.ta.tœʁ\
Letters11
Frequency rank#36,770
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « commutateur »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).commutateurse 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 « commettant » (#36,769), « compliquent » (#36,771), « commentés » (#36,768). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « commutateur » est au #36,770. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around commutateur (IPA \kɔ.my.ta.tœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,770 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for commutateur, with forms such as "ccommutateur", "cmomutateur", and "commtuateur". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "commentateur", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is commutateur, spelled C-O-M-M-U-T-A-T-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Appareil qui sert à changer à volonté dans une machine la direction d’un mouvement ou à l’interrompre.
  2. 2
    Appareil qui sert à modifier les connexions entre plusieurs composants électriques.
  3. 3
    Switch, commutateur réseau
  4. 4
    Sorte d'opération entre deux opérateurs.
  5. 5
    Sorte d'opération entre deux opérateurs.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Enfin il s’allongea de nouveau sur sa couchette, tourna le commutateur et s’endormit, […].
  2. Fleurissoire tourna le commutateur, ce qui n’amena point l’obscurité complète, mais dériva le courant du lustre central au profit d’une lampe veilleuse azurée.

Synonyms

interrupteurswitch

This word in other languages

switch(English)conmutador(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccommutateur
  • cmomutateur
  • commtuateur
  • commuatteur
  • commutaetur
  • commutateru
  • commutateurr
  • commutatteur
  • commutatuer
  • commuttaeur
  • commuttateur
  • comumtateur
  • comutateur
  • ocmmutateur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of commutateur - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccommutateur1cmomutateur2commtuateur2commuatteur2commutaetur2commutateru2commutateurr1commutatteur1
Edit distance from "commutateur"

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 "commutateur"?
"commutateur" is spelled C-O-M-M-U-T-A-T-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.my.ta.tœʁ\.
What does "commutateur" mean?
As a noun, "commutateur" means: Appareil qui sert à changer à volonté dans une machine la direction d’un mouvement ou à l’interrompre.
What words are commonly confused with "commutateur"?
"commutateur" is commonly confused with "commentateur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "commutateur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "commutateur" is \kɔ.my.ta.tœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "commutateur" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

compliquent#36,771commencerai#36,767coléoptères#36,766conjectures#36,776

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

confondez14 variantscorrectifs14 variantschargeant14 variantsBundestag14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list