Which to use
“combinés” and “communes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,239
- “combinés” frequency rank
- #1,556
- “communes” frequency rank
- 20795
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | combinés | communes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de combiné. | Féminin pluriel de commun. |
Where the eye mixes combinés and communes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. combinés and communes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between combinés and communes
A purely visual mix-up. combinés (\kɔ̃.bi.ne\) and communes (\kɔ.myn\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20795, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
combinés is recorded at frequency rank #19,239, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.bi.ne\. communes is at rank #1,556, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ.myn\.
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 20795, this pair ranks #366,461 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of combinés vs communes
Shared letters: cmnos. Private to "combinés": bié. Private to "communes": eu.
"combinés" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "communes" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- communes ← ccommunes · cmomunes · commnues · commuens · communess · communnes · communse · comumnes
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "combinés" for "communes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "combinés" vs "communes" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "combinés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "communes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #366,461 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "combinés" and "communes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "combinés vs comptines". 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 #366,461 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.