pot commun
\pɔt kɔ.mœ̃\
The verdict
“pot commun” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Caisse commune.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pot-commun · pot commun · French
pot commun · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | pot commun |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɔt kɔ.mœ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pot commun » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pot commun is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɔt kɔ.mœ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pot commun, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is pot commun, spelled P-O-T- -C-O-M-M-U-N.
Definition
- 1Caisse commune.
- 2Somme totale qui est déposée dans cette caisse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pot commun appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les chinois ne pratiquent pas l’usure. Le système du pot commun est une sorte de microcrédit, approvisionné par les versements périodiques des membres d’une parentèle
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.