comuna

//ku.ˈmu.nɐ// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,979

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

comuna is aPortuguesenoun. It means: na Idade Média, cidade que conseguia a independência de um feudo Pronounced /ku.ˈmu.nɐ/. It ranks #9,979 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with cona and coruja.

Key facts for comuna
PropertyValue
Headwordcomuna
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ku.ˈmu.nɐ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#9,979
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of comuna in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for comuna is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ku.ˈmu.nɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #9,979 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for comuna, with forms such as "ccomuna", "cmouna", and "communa". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "cona", "coruja", "comunhão", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is comuna, spelled C-O-M-U-N-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    na Idade Média, cidade que conseguia a independência de um feudo
  2. 2
    subdivisão territorial em França e Luxemburgo (aproximadamente um concelho em Portugal)
  3. 3
    poder revolucionário instalado em Paris (em 1792 e, depois, durante a ocupação prussiana)
  4. 4
    grupo de pessoas que moram comunalmente compartilhando bens e trabalhos

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccomuna,cmouna,communa,comnua,comuan,comunna,coumna,ocmuna

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for comuna

Misspelling Variants of "comuna"

ccomuna7cmouna6communa7comnua6comuan6comunna7coumna6ocmuna6
Misspelling Variants of "comuna"

Frequency rank: #9,979 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "comuna"?
"comuna" is spelled C-O-M-U-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ku.ˈmu.nɐ/.
What does "comuna" mean?
As a noun, "comuna" means: na Idade Média, cidade que conseguia a independência de um feudo
What words are commonly confused with "comuna"?
"comuna" is commonly confused with "cona", "coruja", "comunhão". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "comuna"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "comuna" is /ku.ˈmu.nɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "comuna" come from?
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.