comuna
/ku.ˈmu.nɐ/
The verdict
“comuna” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #9,979 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #9,979
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - na Idade Média, cidade que conseguia a independência de um feudo
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | comuna |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ku.ˈmu.nɐ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #9,979 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “comuna” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for comuna is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for comuna, with forms such as "ccomuna", "cmouna", and "communa". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "cona", "coruja", "comunhão", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is comuna, spelled C-O-M-U-N-A.
Definition
- 1na Idade Média, cidade que conseguia a independência de um feudo
- 2subdivisão territorial em França e Luxemburgo (aproximadamente um concelho em Portugal)
- 3poder revolucionário instalado em Paris (em 1792 e, depois, durante a ocupação prussiana)
- 4grupo 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
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of comuna - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “comuna”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-O-M-U-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ku.ˈmu.nɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “cona” - see the side-by-side comparison. comuna vs cona
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.