pot commun
\pɔt kɔ.mœ̃\
The verdict
“pot commun” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Caisse commune.
| 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) |
Where “pot commun” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for pot commun is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pɔt kɔ.mœ̃\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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.
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.
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Using “pot commun”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-O-T- -C-O-M-M-U-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pɔt kɔ.mœ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.