communiervscommuniquerConfusable pair

Which to use

“communier” and “communiquer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#46,663
“communier” frequency rank
#3,988
“communiquer” frequency rank
50651
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature communier communiquer
Definition Recevoir le sacrement de l’Eucharistie. Rendre commun à, faire part de, transmettre.

Where the eye mixes communier and communiquer

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.

9 ch
communier
11 ch
communiquer

Look-alike desk: communier vs communiquer

A purely visual mix-up. communier (\kɔ.my.nje\) and communiquer (\kɔ.my.ni.ke\) 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 50651, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

communier is recorded at frequency rank #46,663, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ.my.nje\. communiquer is at rank #3,988, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ.my.ni.ke\.

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 50651, this pair ranks #161,001 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of communier vs communiquer

Shared letters: ceimnoru. Private to "communier": -. Private to "communiquer": q.

"communier" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC  ·  "communiquer" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • communierccommunier · cmomunier · commnuier · commuiner · communeir · communierr · communire · communnier
  • communiquerccommuniquer · cmomuniquer · commnuiquer · commuinquer · communiqeur · communiqquer · communiquerr · communiqure

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "communier" and "communiquer" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\kɔ.my.nje\ versus \kɔ.my.ni.ke\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "communier" vs "communiquer" - which ranks higher?
"communiquer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,988 in our French list, against #46,663 for "communier". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "communier" and "communiquer" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "communier" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "communiquer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #161,001 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "communier" and "communiquer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "communier vs community". 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 #161,001 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list