pot commun

\pɔt kɔ.mœ̃\

/\pɔt kɔ.mœ̃\/ noun

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.

Key facts for pot commun
PropertyValue
Headwordpot commun
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɔt kɔ.mœ̃\
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « pot commun » en français

pot communsiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

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

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

  1. 1
    Caisse commune.
  2. 2
    Somme totale qui est déposée dans cette caisse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pot commun"?
"pot commun" is spelled P-O-T- -C-O-M-M-U-N. The IPA pronunciation is \pɔt kɔ.mœ̃\.
What does "pot commun" mean?
As a noun, "pot commun" means: Caisse commune.
How do you pronounce "pot commun"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pot commun" is \pɔt kɔ.mœ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list