Which to use
“communauté” and “communautés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #802
- “communauté” frequency rank
- #2,815
- “communautés” frequency rank
- 3617
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | communauté | communautés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | État de ce qui est commun. | Pluriel de communauté. |
Where the eye mixes communauté and communautés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. communauté runs 10 letters (CVCCVCVVCV) against communautés's 11 (CVCCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: communauté vs communautés
A purely visual mix-up. communauté (\kɔ.my.no.te\) and communautés (\kɔ.my.nɔ.te\) 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 extra letter(s) - “communauté” sits inside “communautés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3617, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
communauté is recorded at frequency rank #802, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.my.no.te\. communautés is at rank #2,815, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.my.nɔ.te\.
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 3617, this pair ranks #433,606 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of communauté vs communautés
Shared letters: acmnotué. Private to "communauté": -. Private to "communautés": s.
"communauté" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCV · "communautés" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "communauté" for "communautés" ever safe?
Frequency check: "communauté" vs "communautés" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "communauté" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "communautés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #433,606 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "communauté" and "communautés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "communauté vs cosmonaute". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #433,606 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.