fosse commune
\fos kɔ.myn\
The verdict
“fosse commune” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tombe collective utilisée pour les indigents, les corps non réclamés et, lors des catastrophes, afin d’enterrer au plus vite de nombreux cadavres.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fosse-commune · fosse commune · French
fosse commune · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fosse commune |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fos kɔ.myn\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fosse commune” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
fosse commune is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fos kɔ.myn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tombe collective utilisée pour les indigents, les corps non réclamés et, lors des catastrophes, afin d’enterrer au plus vite de nombreux cadavres.".
fosse commune doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is fosse commune, spelled F-O-S-S-E- -C-O-M-M-U-N-E.
Definition
- 1Tombe collective utilisée pour les indigents, les corps non réclamés et, lors des catastrophes, afin d’enterrer au plus vite de nombreux cadavres.
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