Which to use
“commercial” and “commerciaux” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,356
- “commercial” frequency rank
- #4,474
- “commerciaux” frequency rank
- 6830
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | commercial | commerciaux |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui a rapport au commerce, à la vente comme à l’achat. | Masculin pluriel de commercial. |
Where the eye mixes commercial and commerciaux
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: commercial vs commerciaux
A purely visual mix-up. commercial (\kɔ.mɛʁ.sjal\) and commerciaux (\kɔ.mɛʁ.sjo\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6830, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
commercial is recorded at frequency rank #2,356, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ.mɛʁ.sjal\. commerciaux is at rank #4,474, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ.mɛʁ.sjo\.
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 6830, this pair ranks #425,098 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of commercial vs commerciaux
Shared letters: aceimor. Private to "commercial": l. Private to "commerciaux": ux.
"commercial" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC · "commerciaux" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- commercial ← ccommercial · cmomercial · comemrcial · comercial · commecrial · commercail · commerccial · commerciall
- commerciaux ← ccommerciaux · cmomerciaux · comemrciaux · comerciaux · commecriaux · commercaiux · commercciaux · commerciauxx
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "commercial" for "commerciaux" ever safe?
Frequency check: "commercial" vs "commerciaux" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "commercial" and "commerciaux" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "commercial" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "commerciaux" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #425,098 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "commercial" and "commerciaux" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "commerciale vs commerciaux". 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 #425,098 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.