Comores

/\kɔ.mɔʁ\/ name

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#23,143

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

19

similar word pairs

Comores is aFrenchname. It means: Archipel de l’océan Indien, situé au sud-est de l’Afrique, à l’est du Mozambique et au nord-ouest de Madagascar. Pronounced \kɔ.mɔʁ\. Often confused with comtés and compris.

Key facts for Comores
PropertyValue
HeadwordComores
LanguageFrench
Part of speechName
IPA\kɔ.mɔʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#23,143
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for Comores is 7 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ.mɔʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #23,143 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for Comores, with forms such as "ccomores", "cmoores", and "commores". 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, "comtés", "compris", "comptes", 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 Comores, spelled C-O-M-O-R-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Archipel de l’océan Indien, situé au sud-est de l’Afrique, à l’est du Mozambique et au nord-ouest de Madagascar.
  2. 2
    État (l’Union des Comores) occupant la majorité de ces îles. Sa capitale est Moroni.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccomores,cmoores,commores,comoers,comoress,comorres,comorse,comroes,coomres,ocmores

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Comores

Misspelling Variants of "Comores"

ccomores8cmoores7commores8comoers7comoress8comorres8comorse7comroes7
Misspelling Variants of "Comores"

Frequency rank: #23,143 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Comores"?
"Comores" is spelled C-O-M-O-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.mɔʁ\.
What does "Comores" mean?
As a name, "Comores" means: Archipel de l’océan Indien, situé au sud-est de l’Afrique, à l’est du Mozambique et au nord-ouest de Madagascar.
What words are commonly confused with "Comores"?
"Comores" is commonly confused with "comtés", "compris", "comptes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Comores"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Comores" is \kɔ.mɔʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Comores" come from?
"Comores" 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.