Which to use
“commerces” and “commère” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,435
- “commerces” frequency rank
- #46,075
- “commère” frequency rank
- 51510
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | commerces | commère |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de commerce. | Personne qui est la marraine d’un même enfant, du point de vue du parrain, du père et de mère de l’enfant. |
Where the eye mixes commerces and commère
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. commerces runs 9 letters (CVCCVCCVC) against commère's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between commerces and commère
A purely visual mix-up. commerces (\kɔ.mɛʁs\) and commère (\kɔ.mɛʁ\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51510, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
commerces is recorded at frequency rank #5,435, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.mɛʁs\. commère is at rank #46,075, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.mɛʁ\.
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 51510, this pair ranks #154,473 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of commerces vs commère
Shared letters: cemor. Private to "commerces": s. Private to "commère": è.
"commerces" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "commère" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- commerces ← ccommerces · cmomerces · comemrces · comerces · commecres · commercces · commercess · commercse
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "commerces" for "commère" ever safe?
Which is more common, "commerces" or "commère"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "commerces" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "commère" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #154,473 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "commerces" and "commère" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "commercer vs commère". 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 #154,473 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.