Which to use
“com” and “commu” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,446
- “com” frequency rank
- #39,714
- “commu” frequency rank
- 43160
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | com | commu |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Communication. | Communauté (en particulier sur Internet). |
Where the eye mixes com and commu
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: com vs commu
A purely visual mix-up. com (\kɔm\) and commu (\kɔ.my\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “com” sits inside “commu”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43160, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
com is recorded at frequency rank #3,446, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔm\. commu is at rank #39,714, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.my\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 43160, this pair ranks #220,195 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of com vs commu
Shared letters: cmo. Private to "com": -. Private to "commu": u.
"com" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "commu" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- commu ← ccommu · cmomu · comu · comum · ocmmu
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "com" and "commu" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "com" or "commu" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "com" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "commu" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #220,195 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "com" and "commu" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "commu vs compo". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #220,195 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.