Comnène

name

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The verdict

“Comnène” is uncommon French (frequency #68,149 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,149
frequency rank, French
257,141
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom de famille grec porté par une dynastie impériale byzantine.

Key facts for Comnène
PropertyValue
HeadwordComnène
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters7
Frequency rank#68,149
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Comnène” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Comnène lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Comnène is uncommon French at frequency #68,149 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille grec porté par une dynastie impériale byzantine.".

Comnène doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Comnène, spelled C-O-M-N-È-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille grec porté par une dynastie impériale byzantine.

This word in other languages

Comnenus(English)

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 "Comnène"?
"Comnène" is spelled C-O-M-N-È-N-E.
What does "Comnène" mean?
As a proper noun, "Comnène" means: Nom de famille grec porté par une dynastie impériale byzantine.
What language does "Comnène" come from?
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Using “Comnène”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is C-O-M-N-È-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list