Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

commonish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: com-mon-ish
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Somewhat common or vulgar.

Example Sentences

"His mother, you know, was a commonish sort of person."

Etymology

From common + -ish.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: common

Inflected Forms

more commonish (comparative) most commonish (superlative)

Questions

What does commonish mean?: Somewhat common or vulgar.
Where does commonish come from?: From common + -ish.

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