sens commun
\sɑ̃s kɔ.mœ̃\
The verdict
“sens 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
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Faculté par laquelle la plupart des hommes jugent naturellement des choses.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sens commun |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɑ̃s kɔ.mœ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sens commun” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
sens commun is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɑ̃s kɔ.mœ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Faculté par laquelle la plupart des hommes jugent naturellement des choses.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for sens commun, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 sens commun, spelled S-E-N-S- -C-O-M-M-U-N.
Definition
- 1Faculté par laquelle la plupart des hommes jugent naturellement des choses.
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.
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Using “sens commun”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-E-N-S- -C-O-M-M-U-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sɑ̃s kɔ.mœ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.