marque de commerce

\maʁk də kɔ.mɛʁs\

/\maʁk də kɔ.mɛʁs\/ noun

The verdict

“marque de commerce” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
18
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Signe distinctif (un logotype par exemple), un nom ou un groupe de mots, protégé par un usage reconnu et constant, et servant à distinguer les produits ou services d’une personne physique ou morale.

Corpus desk

Index FR-marque-de-commerce · marque de commerce · French

marque de commerce · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 18 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "M" 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.

Key facts for marque de commerce
PropertyValue
Headwordmarque de commerce
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\maʁk də kɔ.mɛʁs\
Letters18
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « marque de commerce » en français

marque de commercereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

marque de commerce is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \maʁk də kɔ.mɛʁs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for marque de commerce in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is marque de commerce, spelled M-A-R-Q-U-E- -D-E- -C-O-M-M-E-R-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Signe distinctif (un logotype par exemple), un nom ou un groupe de mots, protégé par un usage reconnu et constant, et servant à distinguer les produits ou services d’une personne physique ou morale.
  2. 2
    Ce qui est à la source du renom, de la célébrité, de la reconnaissance par les autres.
  3. 3
    Façade, image servant à la réputation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Certaines marques de commerce sont devenues des noms communs comme « frigidaire, caddie » ou encore « walkman ».
  2. L’ambition doit devenir notre marque de commerce à Québec.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "marque de commerce"?
"marque de commerce" is spelled M-A-R-Q-U-E- -D-E- -C-O-M-M-E-R-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \maʁk də kɔ.mɛʁs\.
What does "marque de commerce" mean?
As a noun, "marque de commerce" means: Signe distinctif (un logotype par exemple), un nom ou un groupe de mots, protégé par un usage reconnu et constant, et servant à distinguer les produits ou services d’une personne physique ou morale.
How do you pronounce "marque de commerce"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "marque de commerce" is \maʁk də kɔ.mɛʁs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "marque de commerce" come from?
"marque de commerce" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list